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Wolfgang Denk
ea882baf9c New implementation for internal handling of environment variables.
Motivation:

* Old environment code used a pessimizing implementation:
  - variable lookup used linear search => slow
  - changed/added variables were added at the end, i. e. most
    frequently used variables had the slowest access times => slow
  - each setenv() would calculate the CRC32 checksum over the whole
    environment block => slow
* "redundant" envrionment was locked down to two copies
* No easy way to implement features like "reset to factory defaults",
  or to select one out of several pre-defined (previously saved) sets
  of environment settings ("profiles")
* No easy way to import or export environment settings

======================================================================

API Changes:

- Variable names starting with '#' are no longer allowed

  I didn't find any such variable names being used; it is highly
  recommended to follow standard conventions and start variable names
  with an alphanumeric character

- "printenv" will now print a backslash at the end of all but the last
  lines of a multi-line variable value.

  Multi-line variables have never been formally defined, allthough
  there is no reason not to use them. Now we define rules how to deal
  with them, allowing for import and export.

- Function forceenv() and the related code in saveenv() was removed.
  At the moment this is causing build problems for the only user of
  this code (schmoogie - which has no entry in MAINTAINERS); may be
  fixed later by implementing the "env set -f" feature.

Inconsistencies:

- "printenv" will '\\'-escape the '\n' in multi-line variables, while
  "printenv var" will not do that.

======================================================================

Advantages:

- "printenv" output much better readable (sorted)
- faster!
- extendable (additional variable properties can be added)
- new, powerful features like "factory reset" or easy switching
  between several different environment settings ("profiles")

Disadvantages:

- Image size grows by typically 5...7 KiB (might shrink a bit again on
  systems with redundant environment with a following patch series)

======================================================================

Implemented:

- env command with subcommands:

  - env print [arg ...]

    same as "printenv": print environment

  - env set [-f] name [arg ...]

    same as "setenv": set (and delete) environment variables

    ["-f" - force setting even for read-only variables - not
    implemented yet.]

  - end delete [-f] name

    not implemented yet

    ["-f" - force delete even for read-only variables]

  - env save

    same as "saveenv": save environment

  - env export [-t | -b | -c] addr [size]

    export internal representation (hash table) in formats usable for
    persistent storage or processing:

	-t:	export as text format; if size is given, data will be
		padded with '\0' bytes; if not, one terminating '\0'
		will be added (which is included in the "filesize"
		setting so you can for exmple copy this to flash and
		keep the termination).
	-b:	export as binary format (name=value pairs separated by
		'\0', list end marked by double "\0\0")
	-c:	export as checksum protected environment format as
		used for example by "saveenv" command
	addr:	memory address where environment gets stored
	size:	size of output buffer

	With "-c" and size is NOT given, then the export command will
	format the data as currently used for the persistent storage,
	i. e. it will use CONFIG_ENV_SECT_SIZE as output block size and
	prepend a valid CRC32 checksum and, in case of resundant
	environment, a "current" redundancy flag. If size is given, this
	value will be used instead of CONFIG_ENV_SECT_SIZE; again, CRC32
	checksum and redundancy flag will be inserted.

	With "-b" and "-t", always only the real data (including a
	terminating '\0' byte) will be written; here the optional size
	argument will be used to make sure not to overflow the user
	provided buffer; the command will abort if the size is not
	sufficient. Any remainign space will be '\0' padded.

        On successful return, the variable "filesize" will be set.
        Note that filesize includes the trailing/terminating '\0'
        byte(s).

        Usage szenario: create a text snapshot/backup of the current
	settings:

		=> env export -t 100000
		=> era ${backup_addr} +${filesize}
		=> cp.b 100000 ${backup_addr} ${filesize}

	Re-import this snapshot, deleting all other settings:

		=> env import -d -t ${backup_addr}

  - env import [-d] [-t | -b | -c] addr [size]

    import external format (text or binary) into hash table,
    optionally deleting existing values:

	-d:	delete existing environment before importing;
		otherwise overwrite / append to existion definitions
	-t:	assume text format; either "size" must be given or the
		text data must be '\0' terminated
	-b:	assume binary format ('\0' separated, "\0\0" terminated)
	-c:	assume checksum protected environment format
	addr:	memory address to read from
	size:	length of input data; if missing, proper '\0'
		termination is mandatory

  - env default -f

    reset default environment: drop all environment settings and load
    default environment

  - env ask name [message] [size]

    same as "askenv": ask for environment variable

  - env edit name

    same as "editenv": edit environment variable

  - env run

    same as "run": run commands in an environment variable

======================================================================

TODO:

- drop default env as implemented now; provide a text file based
  initialization instead (eventually using several text files to
  incrementally build it from common blocks) and a tool to convert it
  into a binary blob / object file.

- It would be nice if we could add wildcard support for environment
  variables; this is needed for variable name auto-completion,
  but it would also be nice to be able to say "printenv ip*" or
  "printenv *addr*"

- Some boards don't link any more due to the grown code size:
  DU405, canyonlands, sequoia, socrates.

	=> cc: Matthias Fuchs <matthias.fuchs@esd-electronics.com>,
	       Stefan Roese <sr@denx.de>,
	       Heiko Schocher <hs@denx.de>

- Dropping forceenv() causes build problems on schmoogie

	=> cc: Sergey Kubushyn <ksi@koi8.net>

- Build tested on PPC and ARM only; runtime tested with NOR and NAND
  flash only => needs testing!!

Signed-off-by: Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>
Cc: Matthias Fuchs <matthias.fuchs@esd-electronics.com>,
Cc: Stefan Roese <sr@denx.de>,
Cc: Heiko Schocher <hs@denx.de>
Cc: Sergey Kubushyn <ksi@koi8.net>
2010-09-19 19:29:48 +02:00
Wolfgang Denk
b218ccb543 Redundant environment: move flag definitions to header file
Instead of defining the flags sevaral times in different source files
(which is error prone), move them to a central place in a header file.

Signed-off-by: Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>
2010-07-04 23:52:42 +02:00
Wolfgang Denk
0e70aaa485 shannon/INFERNO: fix special handling of environment configuration
Remove some INFERNO related #ifdef's from common environment code by
fixing the board configuration settings (add CONFIG_ENV_SECT_SIZE).

While we are at it, fix comment which incorrectly talks about 4 KB
environment size, while it's actually 0x4000 = 16 KiB.

Signed-off-by: Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>
Cc: Rolf Offermanns <rof@sysgo.de>
2010-07-04 23:48:55 +02:00
Mike Frysinger
18304f7675 env: kill off default_environment_size
The only environment type that uses this variable is spi flash, and that is
only because it is reimplementing the common set_default_env() function.
So fix the spi flash code and kill off the default_environment_size in the
process.

Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
2009-08-09 22:41:42 +02:00
Mike Frysinger
bdab39d358 rename CONFIG_CMD_ENV to CONFIG_CMD_SAVEENV
The CONFIG_CMD_ENV option controls enablement of the `saveenv` command
rather than a generic "env" command, or anything else related to the
environment.  So, let's make sure the define is named accordingly.

Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
2009-02-18 00:47:43 +01:00
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
0e8d158664 rename CFG_ENV macros to CONFIG_ENV
Signed-off-by: Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD <plagnioj@jcrosoft.com>
2008-09-10 22:48:06 +02:00
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
507641d249 env_flash: Move conditional compilation to Makefile
Signed-off-by: Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD <plagnioj@jcrosoft.com>
2008-09-10 22:48:04 +02:00
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
5a1aceb068 rename CFG_ENV_IS_IN_FLASH in CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_FLASH
Signed-off-by: Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD <plagnioj@jcrosoft.com>
2008-09-10 22:48:04 +02:00
Mike Frysinger
4acc2a108a fix building when saveenv is disabled in some setups
If you enable environment in the flash, but disable the embedded
option, and you disable the saveenv command, then the #if nested
logic will trigger a compile failure:
env_flash.c: In function 'env_relocate_spec':
env_flash.c:399: error: 'flash_addr' undeclared (first use in this function)
The fix is to add CMD_SAVEENV ifdef protection like everywhere else.

Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
2008-05-04 00:22:45 +02:00
Dirk Behme
9bb8b209ed Fix compilation error for omap2420h4_config.
omap2420h4 switched to cfi, so remove old (already disabled) flash.c
and flash_probe() calls in env_flash.c.

Signed-off-by: Dirk Behme <dirk.behme@gmail.com>
2007-08-29 02:01:47 +02:00
Jon Loeliger
9025317883 common/: Remove lingering references to CFG_CMD_* symbols.
Fixed some broken instances of "#ifdef CMD_CFG_IDE" too.
Those always evaluated TRUE, and thus were always compiled
even when IDE really wasn't defined/wanted.

Signed-off-by: Jon Loeliger <jdl@freescale.com>
2007-07-10 11:02:44 -05:00
Jon Loeliger
c3517f919d common/* non-cmd*: Remove obsolete references to CONFIG_COMMANDS
Signed-off-by: Jon Loeliger <jdl@freescale.com>
2007-07-08 18:10:08 -05:00
Jon Loeliger
b453960d4f common/ non-cmd: Augment CONFIG_COMMANDS tests with defined(CONFIG_CMD_*).
This is a compatibility step that allows both the older form
and the new form to co-exist for a while until the older can
be removed entirely.

All transformations are of the form:
Before:
    #if (CONFIG_COMMANDS & CFG_CMD_AUTOSCRIPT)
After:
    #if (CONFIG_COMMANDS & CFG_CMD_AUTOSCRIPT) || defined(CONFIG_CMD_AUTOSCRIPT)

Signed-off-by: Jon Loeliger <jdl@freescale.com>
2007-07-04 00:23:10 +02:00
Wolfgang Denk
d87080b721 GCC-4.x fixes: clean up global data pointer initialization for all boards. 2006-03-31 18:32:53 +02:00
Wolfgang Denk
77ddac9480 Cleanup for GCC-4.x 2005-10-13 16:45:02 +02:00
wdenk
8ed9604613 * Patches by Richard Woodruff, 01 Oct 2004:
add support for the TI OMAP2420 processor and its H4 reference
  board

* Patch by Christian Pellegrin, 24 Sep 2004:
  Added support for NE2000 compatible (DP8390, DP83902) NICs.
2005-01-09 23:16:25 +00:00
wdenk
c3f9d4939a * Patch by Yuli Barcohen, 4 Mar 2004:
Fix problems with GCC 3.3.x which changed handling of global
  variables explicitly initialized to zero (now in .bss instead of
  .data as before).

* Patch by Leon Kukovec, 02 Mar 2004:
  add strswab() to fix IDE LBA capacity, firmware and model numbers
  on little endian machines

* Patch by Masami Komiya, 02 Mar 2004:
  - Remove get_ticks() from NFS code
  - Add verification of RPC transaction ID

* Patch by Pierre Aubert, 02 Mar 2004:
  cleanup for IDE and USB drivers for MPC5200
2004-03-14 00:59:59 +00:00
wdenk
c40b295682 * Patch by Rune Torgersen, 27 Feb 2004:
- Added LBA48 support (CONFIG_LBA48 & CFG_64BIT_LBA)
  - Added support for 64bit printing in vsprintf (CFG_64BIT_VSPRINTF)
  - Added support for 64bit strtoul (CFG_64BIT_STRTOUL)

* Patch by Masami Komiya, 27 Feb 2004:
  Fix rarpboot: add autoload by NFS

* Patch by Dan Eisenhut, 26 Feb 2004:
  fix flash_write return value in saveenv

* Patch by Stephan Linz, 11 Dec 2003
  expand config.mk to avoid trigraph warnings on NIOS

* Rename "BMS2003" board into "HMI10"
2004-03-13 23:29:43 +00:00
wdenk
8bde7f776c * Code cleanup:
- remove trailing white space, trailing empty lines, C++ comments, etc.
  - split cmd_boot.c (separate cmd_bdinfo.c and cmd_load.c)

* Patches by Kenneth Johansson, 25 Jun 2003:
  - major rework of command structure
    (work done mostly by Michal Cendrowski and Joakim Kristiansen)
2003-06-27 21:31:46 +00:00
wdenk
500545cc6b Fix problem with default #defines
Cleanup compiler warning
2003-03-06 14:23:06 +00:00
wdenk
47cd00fa70 * Patches by Robert Schwebel, 06 Mar 2003:
- fix bug in BOOTP code (must use NetCopyIP)
  - update of CSB226 port
  - clear BSS segment on XScale
  - added support for i2c_init_board() function
  - update to the Innokom plattform

* Extend support for redundand environments for configurations where
  environment size < sector size
2003-03-06 13:39:27 +00:00
wdenk
43d9616cff * Patch by Robert Schwebel, 21 Jan 2003:
- Add support for Innokom board
  - Don't complain if "install" fails
  - README cleanup (remove duplicated lines)
  - Update PXA header files

* Add documentation for existing POST code (doc/README.POST)

* Patch by Laudney Ren, 15 Jan 2003:
  Fix handling of redundand environment in "tools/envcrc.c"

* Patch by Detlev Zundel, 28 Feb 2003:
  Add bedbug support for 824x systems

* Add support for 16 MB flash configuration of TRAB board

* Patch by Erwin Rol, 27 Feb 2003:
  Add support for RTEMS

* Add image information to README

* Fix dual PCMCIA slot support (when running with just one
  slot populated)

* Add VFD type detection to trab board

* extend drivers/cs8900.c driver to synchronize  ethaddr  environment
  variable with value in the EEPROM
2003-03-06 00:02:04 +00:00
wdenk
c609719b8d Initial revision 2002-11-03 00:24:07 +00:00