Some users of the barebox_update command forget to erase the external barebox environment after updating the barebox. Using an old barebox environment leads to various problems if there were major changes.
So add a gentle reminder after the successful update. Signed-off-by: Stefan Christ <[email protected]> --- v2: Add explanation howto to clean up the environment --- common/bbu.c | 9 ++++++++- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/common/bbu.c b/common/bbu.c index 7fb154a..d23b864 100644 --- a/common/bbu.c +++ b/common/bbu.c @@ -113,8 +113,15 @@ int barebox_update(struct bbu_data *data) if (ret == -EINTR) printf("update aborted\n"); - if (!ret) + if (!ret) { printf("update succeeded\n"); + if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ENV_HANDLING)) { + printf("You maybe want to erase the barebox environment now.\n"); + printf("After booting the flashed barebox you can use\n"); + printf(" $ saveenv -z; loadenv\n"); + printf("to do that.\n"); + } + } return ret; } -- 1.9.1 _______________________________________________ barebox mailing list [email protected] http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/barebox
