[PATCH v2 02/17] boot: Try all bootmeths on the final partition

Simon Glass sjg at chromium.org
Wed Oct 8 14:53:44 CEST 2025


Hi Tom,

On Tue, 7 Oct 2025 at 12:13, Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Oct 01, 2025 at 03:26:27PM -0600, Simon Glass wrote:
>
> > At present when one bootmeth fails on the final partition, the next
> > bootmeth is not tried. Adjust the logic to go to the next bootmeth,
> > which is the more natural behaviour.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org>
>
> My feedback on v1:
> https://lore.kernel.org/u-boot/20250331174144.GI93000@bill-the-cat/
> was that we need to do a documentation change when doing a behavior
> change. And I cannot recall if this change here is because of reports of
> problems or not.

This is a long time ago, but I think it might have been an
inconsistency that I found myself. Otherwise I would probably have
mentioned the person who reported it.

The documentation already implies the logic in this patch, as I see
it. But please suggest any changes.

Regards,
Simon


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