[U-Boot] [PATCH 2/5] port wandboards to use the generic distro configs

Robert Nelson
2013-12-06T05:13:57Z

>> >
>> > Why all the non-generic "ext2load"'s? use just "load", then it'll
>> > work with both fat, ext2/3/4 & btrfs...
>> >
>> > Regards,
>>
>> the pxe code requires you specify the filesystem for the sysboot
>> command, and as /boot needs to be ext ive kept it consistent. Ive also
>> not narrowed down the option to enable load to work, in my testing it
>> did not work.
> having said that I just found CONFIG_CMD_FS_GENERIC which is not set,
> though cmd_pxe.c will need some patching to not require specifying a
> filesystem

I can see fixing cmd_pxe.c could be done later. But as just a generic
uEnv.txt user, I do like the idea of having a consistent variable
naming setup for a bunch of boards. So i can easily convert my stuff
to this setup, but the ext2load vs a generic load was the one big
issue it was missing.

Regards,

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Robert Nelson