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From: Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>
Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2012 21:00:32 +0100
Subject: [U-Boot] [PATCH 1/1] omap4: use plain text env file instead
	boot scripts
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Dear Javier Martinez Canillas,

In message <1356444923-16737-1-git-send-email-javier.martinez@collabora.co.uk> you wrote:
> Based on commit cf073e49bc3502be1b48a0e3faf0cde9edbb89db for beagleboard
> 
> Using the new env import command it is possible to use plain text files instead
> of script-images. Plain text files are much easier to handle.

Are you sure you want to do this in a production environment? The
ease of use may be helpful during development, but please note that
there is no validation of the content passed to env import in any way
- and feeding it crap you can even crash the system - not to mention
from the problems that can result from corrupted environment settings.

Script images are checksum protected, which appears to be a
significant advantage to me - also, they carry information like name
and timestamp, which in production environments are often very helpful
to diagnose problems (like asking your customers: which exact version
of the environment script are you loading?).


Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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