From: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
To: Manoj Ekbote <manoj.ekbote@broadcom.com>
Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org
Subject: Re: Deleting read-only environment variable on Sibyte board.
Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 19:42:54 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20071107194254.GA7193@linux-mips.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <03235919BBDE634289BB6A0758A20B36025B79F4@NT-SJCA-0751.brcm.ad.broadcom.com>
On Wed, Nov 07, 2007 at 11:36:38AM -0800, Manoj Ekbote wrote:
> It looks like the variable was set with 'setenv -ro' command. This will
> need a manual delete.
> Bad news - This would probably require a new firmware build. There is
> no current command to remove -ro variables (non-existing feature).
I ran over a bit of documentation regarding how variables are stored by
CFE. Looks easy enough to write a little app to convert those variables
to writeable.
Ralf
prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-11-07 19:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-11-05 13:02 Deleting read-only environment variable on Sibyte board Ralf Baechle
2007-11-06 20:18 ` Manoj Ekbote
2007-11-06 22:28 ` Ralf Baechle
2007-11-07 19:36 ` Manoj Ekbote
2007-11-07 19:42 ` Ralf Baechle [this message]
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