[PATCH v2] barebox update: add note after successful update
Eric Bénard
eric at eukrea.com
Fri Jun 5 00:59:19 PDT 2015
Hi Stefan,
Le Fri, 5 Jun 2015 09:51:25 +0200,
Stefan Christ <s.christ at phytec.de> a écrit :
> Some users of the barebox_update command forget to erase the external
> barebox environment after updating the barebox. Using an old barebox
> environment leads to various problems if there were major changes.
>
> So add a gentle reminder after the successful update.
>
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Christ <s.christ at phytec.de>
> ---
> v2: Add explanation howto to clean up the environment
> ---
> common/bbu.c | 9 ++++++++-
> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/common/bbu.c b/common/bbu.c
> index 7fb154a..d23b864 100644
> --- a/common/bbu.c
> +++ b/common/bbu.c
> @@ -113,8 +113,15 @@ int barebox_update(struct bbu_data *data)
> if (ret == -EINTR)
> printf("update aborted\n");
>
> - if (!ret)
> + if (!ret) {
> printf("update succeeded\n");
> + if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ENV_HANDLING)) {
> + printf("You maybe want to erase the barebox environment now.\n");
> + printf("After booting the flashed barebox you can use\n");
> + printf(" $ saveenv -z; loadenv\n");
> + printf("to do that.\n");
> + }
> + }
maybe loadenv -d; saveenv is less invasive than saveenv -z in order to
preserve nv ?
Eric
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