From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Delivery-date: Wed, 25 Feb 2026 11:12:04 +0100 Received: from metis.whiteo.stw.pengutronix.de ([2a0a:edc0:2:b01:1d::104]) by lore.white.stw.pengutronix.de with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.96) (envelope-from ) id 1vvBsB-005URU-0Z for lore@lore.pengutronix.de; Wed, 25 Feb 2026 11:12:04 +0100 Received: from bombadil.infradead.org ([2607:7c80:54:3::133]) by metis.whiteo.stw.pengutronix.de with esmtps (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1vvBsB-0000eA-Ag for lore@pengutronix.de; Wed, 25 Feb 2026 11:12:03 +0100 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lists.infradead.org; s=bombadil.20210309; h=Sender:List-Subscribe:List-Help :List-Post:List-Archive:List-Unsubscribe:List-Id:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-Type:In-Reply-To:From:References:Cc:To:Subject:MIME-Version:Date: Message-ID:Reply-To:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From: Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Owner; bh=heh63JrKaBs1zbdK8MIiyjz+BmOawqIFdXnlxlNTwlU=; b=soB1SfZ/50WjVKKfqYQjGvCs2n JNMa3sHcZNw0HGBdW6fqRPjYdB1l4Jtkw6LEdmp81U7EcLpYqoFUxZAv1kCYpEJzk3/20BnojI+ly 9yFyjg30tKFWy5oIk2Sf908+IMbs/+9nOC/ldCZ3V4SPb3AVzkFIHhAoHMRiWONpJ/HD+9Hqq1eWf PuWNMdaQDceBKCzHJELoEbbwgw6O0DawCDSV59JnpMoRC+vXIbfEaY6acSSyqAiMOiARGzphJE8uT g5ep8jXBVXOS1+KOqQMg2jR9lHUwJDNvaAO5i+yZO7lN9a2fpT9ItYwKb0YrBqKin3MyGGfSXKsKo gQ8mVR7A==; Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=bombadil.infradead.org) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.98.2 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1vvBrX-00000003kaz-1zBI; Wed, 25 Feb 2026 10:11:23 +0000 Received: from metis.whiteo.stw.pengutronix.de ([2a0a:edc0:2:b01:1d::104]) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.98.2 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1vvBrV-00000003kaN-0m7R for barebox@lists.infradead.org; Wed, 25 Feb 2026 10:11:22 +0000 Received: from ptz.office.stw.pengutronix.de ([2a0a:edc0:0:900:1d::77] helo=[127.0.0.1]) by metis.whiteo.stw.pengutronix.de with esmtp (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1vvBrT-0000OU-Go; Wed, 25 Feb 2026 11:11:19 +0100 Message-ID: Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2026 11:11:19 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird To: Jonas Rebmann , Sascha Hauer Cc: Barebox List References: <20260223153908.1867811-1-s.hauer@pengutronix.de> <9da6e1a2-0753-47dc-9193-dc349e866b11@pengutronix.de> From: Ahmad Fatoum Content-Language: en-US, de-DE, de-BE In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-CRM114-Version: 20100106-BlameMichelson ( TRE 0.8.0 (BSD) ) MR-646709E3 X-CRM114-CacheID: sfid-20260225_021121_250415_27D59C08 X-CRM114-Status: GOOD ( 17.33 ) X-BeenThere: barebox@lists.infradead.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: "barebox" X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 2607:7c80:54:3::133 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: barebox-bounces+lore=pengutronix.de@lists.infradead.org X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on metis.whiteo.stw.pengutronix.de X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.8 required=4.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_NONE autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Subject: Re: [PATCH] Debug: add Kconfig option to abort autoboot X-SA-Exim-Version: 4.2.1 (built Wed, 08 May 2019 21:11:16 +0000) X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes (on metis.whiteo.stw.pengutronix.de) Hi, On 2/25/26 10:52 AM, Jonas Rebmann wrote: > On 2026-02-25 08:54, Sascha Hauer wrote: >> On Tue, Feb 24, 2026 at 04:59:00PM +0100, Jonas Rebmann wrote: >>> Hi Sascha, >>> >>> On 2026-02-23 16:39, Sascha Hauer wrote: >>>> For debugging purposes it's sometimes useful when barebox doesn't boot >>>> through, but stops at the prompt. >>> >>> Isn't this already compile-time configurable by setting the defaultenv >>> autoboot to "abort"? >> >> Yes, it is. It's just easier sometimes to just change a config, at least >> for Claude. > > I think for the human, managing one option in two systems in different > ways makes things confusing. If the change is really needed, I suggest > the help text could explain that this overrides global.autoboot and that > configuration via defaultenv has further options for boot behavior. > Maybe also the autoboot global help text could be extended: "Autoboot > state. Possible values: countdown (default), abort, halt, menu, boot. > Ineffective if overwritten by CONFIG_DEBUG_AUTOBOOT_ABORT." Or alternatively, we add defaultenv/defaultenv-2-devel/nv/autoboot == abort and then have a config option that enables this environment overlay. Cheers, Ahmad > > Regards, > Jonas > -- Pengutronix e.K. | | Steuerwalder Str. 21 | http://www.pengutronix.de/ | 31137 Hildesheim, Germany | Phone: +49-5121-206917-0 | Amtsgericht Hildesheim, HRA 2686 | Fax: +49-5121-206917-5555 |