From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from metis.ext.pengutronix.de ([2001:6f8:1178:4:290:27ff:fe1d:cc33]) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.76 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1RVKdG-0006qT-Vv for barebox@lists.infradead.org; Tue, 29 Nov 2011 10:09:48 +0000 Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2011 11:09:40 +0100 From: Sascha Hauer Message-ID: <20111129100940.GH27267@pengutronix.de> References: <1322467340-10596-1-git-send-email-s.hauer@pengutronix.de> <1322467340-10596-6-git-send-email-s.hauer@pengutronix.de> <20111128110331.GE15008@game.jcrosoft.org> <20111128111238.GV27267@pengutronix.de> <20111129043829.GO15008@game.jcrosoft.org> <20111129072325.GI16719@pengutronix.de> <20111129081354.GT15008@game.jcrosoft.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20111129081354.GT15008@game.jcrosoft.org> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: barebox-bounces@lists.infradead.org Errors-To: barebox-bounces+u.kleine-koenig=pengutronix.de@lists.infradead.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 05/14] armlinux: cleanup linux vars To: Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD Cc: barebox@lists.infradead.org On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 09:13:54AM +0100, Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD wrote: > On 08:23 Tue 29 Nov , Robert Schwebel wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 05:38:29AM +0100, Jean-Christophe > > PLAGNIOL-VILLARD wrote: > > > > > I'm using it so please do not remove the old arch_number > > > > > > > > I'm not removing it, just changing the name. Can't you update the > > > > name in your environment? > > > > > > no :( > > > > Huh? You are able to exchange your bootloader against a new one, but you > > are not able to exchange your environment as well? Can you explain that > > a bit more detailed? > > env in otp > > contain box uniq info that can not be changed after prod You can still set a compatibility variable in your board specific code. Besides, with putting the environment in otp you also say that We can't change the behaviour of commands at all because you programmed this into your hardware. Do you really want that we are doomed with what we have now forever? No, please not. Sascha -- Pengutronix e.K. | | Industrial Linux Solutions | http://www.pengutronix.de/ | Peiner Str. 6-8, 31137 Hildesheim, Germany | Phone: +49-5121-206917-0 | Amtsgericht Hildesheim, HRA 2686 | Fax: +49-5121-206917-5555 | _______________________________________________ barebox mailing list barebox@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/barebox