[U-Boot] Copy environment variables to another board

[Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>]

Dear "Giuseppe Modugno",

In message <495A0CE8.31716.C0772D@g.modugno.elettronika.it> you wrote:
>
> > then
> > you can just read the sector(s) containing the environment from their
> > corresponding  /dev/mtd*  devices  in  Linux and copy it to the other
> > system.
> 
> So you're proposing to use Linux to copy U-Boot environment. But on a 
> new board (picked from the shelf) I don't have Linux and I should set 
> some U-Boot variables to run it.

It is difficult to make recommendations when you're providing
inconsistent input. In your previous message you wrote:

>> I have a board running U-Boot/Linux. U-Boot program, two U-Boot 
>> environments, Linux kernel and root filesystem for Linux are stored 
>> in a NOR Flash.

Now you claim "I don't have Linux".

Can you please decide whether or not you have Linux running on that
board?

> Another possibility is to printenv on the source board, copy the text 
> result from the terminal into a text file, append "setenv " at the 
> top of each lines, substitute = character with space, insert the 
> quotes where needed and paste the result in the terminal of the 
> destination board.

You could (and probaly should) put the constant part of your
definitions into the default environment, and use a script image for
the rest.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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