[PATCH v2 1/2] Add support for extlinux.conf

[Ahmad Fatoum]

Hello Alexander,

On 5/5/26 2:19 PM, Alexander Shiyan wrote:
> barebox at Diasom DS-RK3568-SOM-EVB:/ global
> * bootm.~appendroot: true

This should be bootm.appendroot: 1.

> bootm.~appendroot: true, but now is ever not added to the cmdline.

The tilde is just an implementation detail in common/bootm.c. You should
just global.bootm.appendroot as before.

Thanks,
Ahmad

> 
> вт, 5 мая 2026 г. в 13:49, Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum at pengutronix.de>:
>>
>> Hello Alexander,
>>
>> On 5/5/26 12:47 PM, Alexander Shiyan wrote:
>>> Hello Ahmad.
>>>
>>> ...
>>>>> +     if (e->append) {
>>>>> +             char *append;
>>>>> +
>>>>> +             /*
>>>>> +              * The same rootfs image may be launched from eMMC or SD card.
>>>>> +              * Remove any hardcoded root= parameter from "append" to avoid
>>>>> +              * conflicts, then let barebox automatically add the correct
>>>>> +              * root= (via global.bootm.appendroot) based on the boot device.
>>>>> +              */
>>>>> +             if (data.appendroot)
>>>>> +                     append = remove_param(e->append, "ROOT=");
>>> ...
>>>> I thus have a question to you: What happens if you drop remove_param()
>>>> completely? Sure we will have two root=, but the later gets precedence,
>>>> so your use case would continue to work without giving users a wrong
>>>> expectation.
>>>
>>> Yes, the second one takes priority.
>>> The second one is the one added via extlinux.conf APPEND option.
>>> In our case we need the first parameter, i.e. which comes from barebox
>>> when global.bootm.appendroot is toggled on.
>>
>> Ack. Please check the series I Cc'd you on, which ensures that
>> global.bootm.appendroot applies _after_ extlinux.conf APPEND.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Ahmad
>>
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>
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