distro_boot vs. env-based bootmenu

[Simon Glass]

+Heinrich Schuchardt +Ilias Apalodimas in case they have ideas on this

On Mon, 24 Apr 2023 at 15:22, Frank Wunderlich <frank-w at public-files.de> wrote:
>
> Am 24. April 2023 21:44:25 MESZ schrieb Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org>:
> >Hi Frank,
> >
> >On Fri, 21 Apr 2023 at 10:03, Frank Wunderlich <frank-w at public-files.de> wrote:
> >>
> >> Maybe you have an idea because your patch removes distro-boot
> >>
> >> https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/uboot/patch/20230409084454.v9.8.I4cf7708a1ba953b9abd81375d93af34665c7b251@changeid/
> >>
> >> For missing linebreak for autoboot this seems to be a calculation issue
> >>
> >> https://source.denx.de/u-boot/u-boot/-/blob/master/common/menu.c#L439
> >
> >Are you able to fix it with a patch?
>
> Have not yet figured out which part of u-boot creates the mmc-entries on top of my bootmenu (i guess this comes from my still enabled distroboot options).
>
> For missing linebreak i guess position calculation is wrong in this case.
>
> >Or if not, do you have a patch for the 'move to env-based bootmenu' so
> >I can try it?
>
> I have i builtin env file (uEnv_r2pro.txt) in my tree here and add (enable pepared option) the config-option to use this env file in topmost commit.
>
> https://github.com/frank-w/u-boot/commits/2023-04-bpi-r2pro
>
> I had this in but disabled but this overrides the env created by distroboot-defines...but now enabling it to get rid of distroboot.
>
> >Regards,
> >Simon
> >
> >
> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> -------- Ursprüngliche Nachricht --------
> >> Von: Frank Wunderlich <frank-w at public-files.de>
> >> Gesendet: 12. April 2023 11:22:23 MESZ
> >> An: u-boot at lists.denx.de
> >> Betreff: distro_boot vs. env-based bootmenu
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> i try to move from distro-boot (extlinux-config files) to an env-based bootmenu (builtin-environment) for
> >> my bananapi r2pro.
> >>
> >> basicly it works, but i see more bootmenu-entries than i have defined in my environment
> >>
> >>  *** U-Boot Boot Menu ***
> >>
> >>       1. Boot from SD/EMMC.
> >>       mmc 1:2
> >>       mmc 1:3
> >>       mmc 1:4
> >>       U-Boot consoleHit any key to stop autoboot: 2
> >>
> >> i have only defined one botmenu-entry (first one in uEnv_r2pro.txt)
> >>
> >> bootmenu_0=1. Boot from SD/EMMC.=run newboot
> >> bootmenu_default=0
> >>
> >> i guess the 3 mmc 1:x entries are part from distro-boot. i see a series from simon where he drops
> >> distroboot for rockchip-boards.
> >>
> >> https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/uboot/patch/20230409084454.v9.8.I4cf7708a1ba953b9abd81375d93af34665c7b251@changeid/
> >>
> >> can anyone explain me where i can disable the mmc 1:x entries? i wanted to leave distro_boot as
> >> fallback but it seems this is not possible.
> >>
> >> maybe i have to disable these?
> >>
> >> BOOTMETH_DISTRO [=y]
> >> DISTRO_DEFAULTS [=y]
> >>
> >> can i keep distro-boot (seems to works with env too, but overridden by my builtin env) somehow and drop the mmc-entries from my bootmenu?
> >>
> >> any idea why i have no linebreak after u-Boot console?
> >>
> >> i use u-boot 2023.04 my source for this conversion/tests is there:
> >> https://github.com/frank-w/u-boot/tree/2023-04-bpi-r2pro
> >> using modified configs/evb-rk3568_defconfig
> >>
> >> regards Frank
> >> regards Frank
>
>
> regards Frank