From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from 30.mail-out.ovh.net ([213.186.62.213]) by canuck.infradead.org with smtp (Exim 4.72 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1QDSXb-0005N9-Vx for barebox@lists.infradead.org; Sat, 23 Apr 2011 02:25:52 +0000 Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2011 04:16:35 +0200 From: Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD Message-ID: <20110423021635.GD23775@game.jcrosoft.org> References: <20110408133713.GC13978@game.jcrosoft.org> <20110411101601.GG7285@pengutronix.de> <20110411101752.GC18925@game.jcrosoft.org> <20110411105550.GH7285@pengutronix.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20110411105550.GH7285@pengutronix.de> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: barebox-bounces@lists.infradead.org Errors-To: barebox-bounces+u.kleine-koenig=pengutronix.de@lists.infradead.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] defaultenv boot updates To: Sascha Hauer Cc: barebox@lists.infradead.org HI, until this new way will be available can we have those patch integrated? Best Regards, J. On 12:55 Mon 11 Apr , Sascha Hauer wrote: > Hi J, > > On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 12:17:52PM +0200, Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD wrote: > > On 12:16 Mon 11 Apr , Sascha Hauer wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > On Fri, Apr 08, 2011 at 03:37:13PM +0200, Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD wrote: > > > > HI, > > > > > > > > this following patch series make boot script more configurable > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm getting the impression that we stretch the capabilities of our shell > > > way beyond its limits. We started with booting from nand/nor/net and > > > added mmc cards later. Still this is not flexible enough to handle > > > images for example on a fat filesystem, not to mention different kernels > > > on one medium. > > > > > > I was thinking about this topic a bit, and my idea currently is > > > to add a command with which we can build a list of images. An image can > > > be a kernel or a filesystem image. Each image can be associated with > > > a bootarg snippet and a command to execute to access this image. > > > > > I like the idea > > > > as we can be multiple user of the same harware so it will simplify it > > > > > Altogether this could look like this: > > > > > > linux [OPTIONS] > > > > > > -a add a new image > > > -f path to image > > > -b kernel bootargs to append for this image > > > -z This is a zImage > > > -u This is a uImage > > > -r This is a raw kernel image to be started at address > > > -l The image is lzo compressed > > -C > > > -i Show currently registered images > > -l for list > > > -d delete all registered images > > -d too delete all :( > > > > I think -d should delete only one > > -D for all > > Ok. > > > > > > > > > > example: > > > > > > barebox@Phytec phyCORE pcm049:/ linux -a kernel.nand -f /dev/nand0.kernel.bb -z > > > barebox@Phytec phyCORE pcm049:/ linux -a kernel.mmc -f /dev/disk0.1 -c "mci0.probe=1" -r 0x80008000 -l > > what is this -c ? > > -c specifies a command to be executed when this file is to be accessed. > If you have network on a USB ethernet dongle for example, you want to > delay the probing until it is really used. So you could provide a script > here which calls "usb; dhcp" or something like that. > For a fat filesystem on a mmc card it could be > > "mci0.probe=1; mkdir /fat; mount /dev/disk0.1 fat /fat" > > > I like the idea > > > > but we should use the menu to manage it? > > I think it should always work without the menu, but of course it's nice > to integrate it into the menu also. > > Sascha > > -- > Pengutronix e.K. | | > Industrial Linux Solutions | http://www.pengutronix.de/ | > Peiner Str. 6-8, 31137 Hildesheim, Germany | Phone: +49-5121-206917-0 | > Amtsgericht Hildesheim, HRA 2686 | Fax: +49-5121-206917-5555 | _______________________________________________ barebox mailing list barebox@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/barebox