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authorRoland Hieber <rhi@pengutronix.de>2021-01-28 22:00:22 +0100
committerSascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>2021-02-01 09:39:36 +0100
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common: Kconfig: improve defaultenv help texts
Signed-off-by: Roland Hieber <rhi@pengutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'common')
-rw-r--r--common/Kconfig28
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/common/Kconfig b/common/Kconfig
index d1baee60e6..edadcc9f49 100644
--- a/common/Kconfig
+++ b/common/Kconfig
@@ -874,6 +874,13 @@ config DEFAULT_ENVIRONMENT_GENERIC_NEW
select NET_CMD_IFUP if NET
select CMD_IP_ROUTE_GET if NET
select CMD_HOST if NET
+ help
+ With this option barebox will use the files found under
+ defaultenv/defaultenv-2-base/ in the source tree as a template for
+ the defaultenv. The directories specified in DEFAULT_ENVIRONMENT_PATH
+ will be added to the default environment. If a file is present in
+ both locations, the file from DEFAULT_ENVIRONMENT_PATH will overwrite
+ that from the template.
config DEFAULT_ENVIRONMENT_GENERIC
bool "Generic environment template (old version)"
@@ -887,9 +894,12 @@ config DEFAULT_ENVIRONMENT_GENERIC
select CMD_CRC_CMP
select CMD_GLOBAL
help
- With this option barebox will use the generic default
- environment found under defaultenv/ in the src tree.
- The Directory given with DEFAULT_ENVIRONMENT_PATH
+ Note: this option is not recommended for new boards; use
+ DEFAULT_ENVIRONMENT_GENERIC_NEW instead.
+
+ With this option barebox will use the old generic default environment
+ found under defaultenv/defaultenv-1/ in the source tree.
+ The directory given with DEFAULT_ENVIRONMENT_PATH
will be added to the default environment. This should
at least contain a /env/config file.
This will be able to overwrite the files from defaultenv.
@@ -899,12 +909,18 @@ config DEFAULT_ENVIRONMENT_GENERIC_NEW_MENU
depends on DEFAULT_ENVIRONMENT_GENERIC_NEW
depends on CMD_MENUTREE
default y
+ help
+ Extend the defaultenv template with a menu that is displayed at boot.
+ The menu files are taken from defaultenv/defaultenv-2-menu/.
config DEFAULT_ENVIRONMENT_GENERIC_NEW_DFU
bool
depends on DEFAULT_ENVIRONMENT_GENERIC_NEW
depends on USB_GADGET_DFU
default y
+ help
+ Extend the defaultenv template with the 'dfu' boot entry, which
+ allows uploading the kernel and oftree over USB via the dfu protocol.
config DEFAULT_ENVIRONMENT_GENERIC_NEW_REBOOT_MODE
bool "Generic reboot-mode handlers in the environment"
@@ -916,9 +932,9 @@ config DEFAULT_ENVIRONMENT_PATH
depends on DEFAULT_ENVIRONMENT
prompt "Default environment path"
help
- Space separated list of paths the default environment will be taken from.
- Relative paths will be relative to the barebox Toplevel dir, but absolute
- paths are fine as well.
+ Space separated list of paths from which the default environment will
+ be taken. Relative paths will be relative to the barebox top-level
+ directory, but absolute paths are fine as well.
config BAREBOXENV_TARGET
bool