On 15/12/16 17:21, Wolfgang Denk wrote: > Dear Kristian, > > In message <7f7560f1-5b05-1f0c-8bf0-fd0458f9d...@mender.io> you wrote: >> I have a question about the format of the environment when stored on >> persistent storage: Is this format considered stable? > > Yes, it is. It has never been changed since it has been invented in > the first days of this project, when it was still sailing under the > name PPCboot, and there are no plans or discussions to change it, > either. > >> The reason I'm asking is whether it is a reasonable assumption that >> upgraded user space tools (fw_setenv and fw_printenv) will agree on the >> format with an older boot loader. The user space tools may be upgraded >> as part of a rootfs update, but the boot loader typically will not. > > As of now, you can still read the environment of a 16 year old PPCBoot > :-)
Perfect, thanks! :-) -- Kristian _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot
