[PATCH 1/4] boot: pxe_utils: Add fallback support
Simon Glass
sjg at chromium.org
Wed Oct 9 03:51:08 CEST 2024
On Wed, 2 Oct 2024 at 07:26, Martyn Welch <martyn.welch at collabora.com> 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>
> ---
> boot/pxe_utils.c | 15 +++++++++++++++
> doc/README.pxe | 5 +++++
> include/pxe_utils.h | 2 ++
> 3 files changed, 22 insertions(+)
Reviewed-by: Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org>
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