[PATCH] defaultenv-2: add boot sequence

Sascha Hauer s.hauer at pengutronix.de
Tue Mar 5 05:52:19 EST 2013


On Mon, Mar 04, 2013 at 09:56:32PM +0100, Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD wrote:
> On 09:20 Fri 22 Feb     , Sascha Hauer wrote:
> > From: Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD <plagnioj at jcrosoft.com>
> > 
> > This allows to boot a sequence of boot entries until one succeeds.
> > 
> > boot sources can be passed in $global.boot.default, which is now treated
> > as a list. Also a list of boot entries can be specified as arguments
> > to the boot script. The entries can be:
> > 
> > - a plain filename from /env/boot/
> > - a full path to an arbitrary file
> > - a directory containing boot entries
> > 
> > With this this command:
> > 
> > boot net nand-ubi /env/boot.d
> > 
> > would first use the /env/boot/net entry, if this fails the /env/boot/nand-ubi
> > entry and if this also fails the files from /env/boot.d/ (which could also
> > be links to boot scripts)
> > 
> > To make the above the default, global.boot.default would be specified as:
> > 
> > global.boot.default="net nand-ubi /env/boot.d"
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD <plagnioj at jcrosoft.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer at pengutronix.de>
> 
> ok can we have this on master?

Ok.

Sascha


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