[Buildroot] svn commit: trunk/buildroot/target/u-boot/2009.01-rc1

Peter Korsgaard jacmet at uclibc.org
Tue Jan 6 15:28:36 UTC 2009


>>>>> "Ulf" == Ulf Samuelsson <ulf.samuelsson at atmel.com> writes:

 ulf> Provide factory default command to u-boot, using Buildroot variables
 >> 
 ulf> Added:
 ulf> trunk/buildroot/target/u-boot/2009.01-rc1/u-boot-2009.01-rc1-009-factory.patch
 >> 
 >> Do we really need this? What's the upstream status of it?

 Ulf> I find that this patch reduces maintenance A LOT.
 Ulf> If someone calls in with a problem loading linux,
 Ulf> then you tell them to do "factory"  and then 
 Ulf> everything is SO much easier.

But what's the difference between this command and a factory
environment variable which just erases your environment and resets the
board?

If you really need it for Atmel stuff, maybe you should keep it in the
Atmel fork?

-- 
Bye, Peter Korsgaard


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