From: Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot-Users] auto-save environment if using default environment?
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:23:40 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080325202340.223CF248BF@gemini.denx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 25 Mar 2008 17:00:03 +0100." <873aqedcak.fsf@denx.de>
In message <873aqedcak.fsf@denx.de> you wrote:
>
> AFAIK there is currently no way to check this from the U-Boot
> shell. Nevertheless I think that would be the way to go instead of
> hard-coding this. How about setting an environment variable like
> "env_default" if the default environment is used? That way scripts can
> be used to run saveenv but could also do more complex initialization.
There are certain things I recommend never to do automatically.
Erasing and overwriting vital parts of the flash belong to these.
Don't do it. Leave the decision when and how often to do that to
something that claims to have a brain.
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-03-25 20:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-03-25 13:36 [U-Boot-Users] auto-save environment if using default environment? w.wegner at astro-kom.de
2008-03-25 15:24 ` Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
2008-03-25 15:36 ` w.wegner at astro-kom.de
2008-03-25 16:00 ` Markus Klotzbücher
2008-03-25 16:18 ` w.wegner at astro-kom.de
2008-03-25 20:23 ` Wolfgang Denk [this message]
2008-03-25 20:16 ` Wolfgang Denk
2008-03-25 23:15 ` Wolfgang Wegner
2008-03-25 23:49 ` Aras Vaichas
2008-03-26 7:28 ` Markus Klotzbücher
2008-03-26 4:51 ` Mike Frysinger
2008-03-26 7:30 ` Wolfgang Denk
2008-03-26 14:49 ` Mike Frysinger
2008-03-26 15:01 ` Wolfgang Denk
2008-03-30 20:28 ` Mike Frysinger
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