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From: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>
To: Benoit RAT <benoit@sevensols.com>
Cc: barebox@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Re: Check if valid kernel and/or FS
Date: Fri, 25 May 2012 14:35:31 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120525123531.GO30400@pengutronix.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAHvDM_dXQhSHi+gACuwnbs9i2=Sf93Bt8PBPMdKS0KvvNztmvA@mail.gmail.com>

On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 12:58:48PM +0200, Benoit RAT wrote:
> Thanks,
> 
> I want to know, if i am using the default environment (the that I am using
> from compilation)
> barebox> no valid environment found on /dev/env0. Using default environment
> 
> Or I am using the one that there is in /dev/env0
> 
> It is in the case someone break something in the NAND flash env, I want to
> save again the default one.

Currently there is no way to detect that, but there is a little trick.
Put a this_is_compiled_in file into your default environment. Then
during startup you can do:

if [ -f /env/this_is_compiled_in ]; then
	echo "Sorry man, you lost your environment"
	rm /env/this_is_compiled_in
	saveenv
fi

Sascha

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  reply	other threads:[~2012-05-25 12:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-05-25 10:08 Benoit RAT
2012-05-25 10:51 ` Eric Bénard
2012-05-25 10:58   ` Benoit RAT
2012-05-25 12:35     ` Sascha Hauer [this message]
2012-05-25 11:10 ` Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
2012-05-25 11:12   ` Eric Bénard

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