ok, this might not work, just move it to the init.d folder
On 26/04/2016 08:31, Andrew Yong wrote:
> Alright.
>
> Is it acceptable to call `. /lib/functions/uci-defaults.sh` in a preinit file?
>
> If it does not violate the sanctity of any OpenWrt init conventions,
> I’ll do that and test drive it.
>
> On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 2:06 PM, John Crispin <j...@phrozen.org> wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 26/04/2016 03:24, Andrew Yong wrote:
>>> "alternatively call uboot-env directly without the fw_* abstraction layer"
>>>
>>> Pardon the obtuse question but how would I go about doing this? It
>>> sounds like the cleanest way to do things.
>>>
>>> I'd like to avoid calling uci-default earlier than it needs to be, and
>>> potentially messing up other things in the init process.
>>>
>>> If there really isn't an OpenWrt-approved way to do this, I may just
>>> advocate replacing SamKnows' u-boot entirely (writing to the same
>>> partition every boot seems bad for flash memory anyway).
>>
>>
>> replacing uboot is not a good idea. you should try to make this work in
>> the prei8nit step. if the fw_setenv call fails then figure out why and
>> try to fix it.
>>
>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 12:32 AM, John Crispin <j...@phrozen.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 25/04/2016 18:01, Andrew Yong wrote:
>>>>> diff --git
>>>>> a/target/linux/ramips/base-files/lib/preinit/04_handle_bootcount
>>>>> b/target/linux/ramips/base-files/lib/preinit/04_handle_bootcount
>>>>> new file mode 100644
>>>>> index 0000000..570fe16
>>>>> --- /dev/null
>>>>> +++ b/target/linux/ramips/base-files/lib/preinit/04_handle_bootcount
>>>>> @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
>>>>> +#!/bin/sh
>>>>> +
>>>>> +# SamKnows Whitebox 8 increments a bootcount variable every boot and
>>>>> attempts
>>>>> +# to boot a recovery partition when bootcount > 3. We need to ensure
>>>>> this is
>>>>> +# reset to 0 every boot
>>>>> +
>>>>> +do_bootcount_reset() {
>>>>> + . /lib/ramips.sh
>>>>> +
>>>>> + local board=$(ramips_board_name)
>>>>> +
>>>>> + case "$board" in
>>>>> + sk-wb8)
>>>>> + echo "Board is SamKnows Whitebox 8, resetting bootcount
>>>>> environment variable..."
>>>>> + fw_setenv bootcount 0
>>>>> + ;;
>>>>> + esac
>>>>> +
>>>>> + return 0
>>>>> +}
>>>>> +
>>>>> +boot_hook_add preinit_main do_bootcount_reset
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> does this actually work ? thinking about it, you might need to have
>>>> uci-default run for it to work properly or alternatively call uboot-env
>>>> directly without the fw_* abstraction layer
>>>>
>>>> John
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