[PATCH 1/4] boot: pxe_utils: Add fallback support

Tom Rini trini at konsulko.com
Wed Oct 2 21:16:38 CEST 2024


On Wed, Oct 02, 2024 at 02:26:30PM +0100, Martyn Welch wrote:
> When configured correctly, we can detect when boot fails after the boot
> process has been handed over to the kernel through the use of U-Boot's
> bootcount support. In some instances, such as when we are performing
> atomic updates via a system such as OSTree, it is desirable to provide a
> fallback option so that we can return to a previous (hopefully working)
> state.
> 
> Add a "fallback" option to the supported extlinux configuration options
> that points to a label like "default" so that we can utilise this in
> later commits.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Martyn Welch <martyn.welch at collabora.com>

Is "fallback" part of the nominal extlinux specification?

-- 
Tom
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