On Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 01:26:09PM +0000, Kim Bøndergaard wrote: > I'm struggling with a u-boot as an uefi overlay on x86 (currently Qemu). > Basically it is working, but I'm now considering how /where to store my > u-boot environment. > > I need to have it stored in a device being accessible also from my Linux > being installed by u-boot. > > Anyone having had similar considerations.
Can fw_printenv/fw_setenv under tools be a solution to your issue? (I've never used those commands though.) > I feel storing the environment in e.g. a FAT file is not the right solution. > It is too vulnerable to power loss. > I'd prefer e.g. a raw sd partition, but u-boot has no means to read it right > now. Making support for that would be quite easy I think. > > Alternatively I know the UEFI provides means to store "UEFI variables". > Anyone who knows if adding the environment as a huge UEFI variable is a way > to go? Any reason to stick to UEFI here? -Takahiro Akashi > > Comments are welcome > > Kim Bøndergaard > Prevas A/S > Team Manager / Systems Architect > > Hedeager 3, DK-8200 Aarhus N > Phone +45 3315 9090 > Mobile +45 5154 3961 > [email protected] > www.prevas.dk<https://webmail.prevas.se/owa/redir.aspx?C=iN_3zIhizUqp7BVo33RNR3R2ecTf_dEIdGI1j2JStIzDh7zuxYMXNtw7TKp3qanuPKuw20ZD0vE.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.prevas.dk%2f> > > >
