[U-Boot] [PATCH 1/3] config: introduce a generic $bootcmd

Marek Vasut
2014-07-31T01:55:01Z

On Thursday, July 31, 2014 at 12:37:14 AM, Stephen Warren wrote:
> From: Dennis Gilmore <dennis@ausil.us>
>
> This generic $bootcmd, and associated support macros, automatically
> searches a defined set of storage devices (or network protocols) for an
> extlinux configuration file or U-Boot boot script in various standardized
> locations. Distros that install such a boot config file/script in those
> standard locations will get easy-to-set-up booting on HW that enables
> this generic $bootcmd.
>
> Boards can define the set of devices from which boot is attempted, and
> the order in which they are attempted. Users may later customize this
> set/order by edting $boot_targets.
>
> Users may interrupt the boot process and boot from a specific device
> simply by executing e.g.:
>
> $ run bootcmd_mmc1
> or:
> $ run bootcmd_pxe
>
> This patch was originally written by Dennis Gilmore based on Tegra and
> rpi_b boot scripts. I have made the following modifications since then:
>
> * Boards must define the BOOT_TARGET_DEVICES macro in order to specify
> the set of devices (and order) from which to attempt boot. If needed,
> we can define a default directly in config_distro_bootcmd.h.
>
> * Removed $env_import and related variables; nothing used them, and I
> think it's better for boards to pre-load an environment customization
> file using CONFIG_PREBOOT if they need.
>
> * Renamed a bunch of variables to suit my whims:-)
>
> Signed-off-by: Dennis Gilmore <dennis@ausil.us>
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Warren <swarren@nvidia.com>

Reviewed-by: Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de>

Looks nice, thanks!

Best regards,
Marek Vasut