On 01/11/2015 02:45 AM, Ian Campbell wrote: > On Sun, 2014-12-28 at 09:26 +0000, Ian Campbell wrote: >>> +boot_scripts: >>> + >>> + The name of U-Boot style boot.scr files that $bootcmd searches for. >>> + >>> + Example: boot.scr.uimg boot.scr >>> + >>> + (Typically we expect extlinux.conf to be used, but execution of boot.scr >>> is >>> + maintained for backwards-compatibility.) >> >> I'm slightly concerned by the implied deprecation of the boot.scr method >> here, since at least Debian uses boot.scr exclusively and not the >> extlinux stuff. Will boot.scr be maintained going forward or are there >> plans to eventually remove it? > > Can someone confirm that there is no long term plan to drop boot.scr > support?
extlinux.conf *is* the standard Linux boot process that config_distro_bootcmd.h enables. boot.scr is *not*. The whole point is to introduce a new simple standard that works the same everywhere (for Linux: across boards, across distros, across bootloaders). I would expect boot.scr support to be maintained indefinitely for any board the currently supports it. I certainly know of no plan to remove any existing support for it, and am not going to make such a plan. When adding support for config_distro_bootcmd.h to any board that doesn't support boot.scr already, I would not expect boards to want to start supporting boot.scr; it's a legacy method as far as config_distro_bootcmd.h is concerned. (config_distro_bootcmd.h should be updated to make the boot.scr support optional, so it doesn't get enabled unless specifically requested, when boards add #include <config_distro_bootcmd.h>). Supporting boot.scr may well be useful for a variety of non-Linux or legacy environments, so I'm not proposing anyone rip out support for it. Simply not add support for it if it hasn't been necessary already. _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list [email protected] http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot
