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-rw-r--r--Documentation/user/updating.rst8
-rw-r--r--commands/barebox-update.c26
-rw-r--r--common/bbu.c12
-rw-r--r--include/bbu.h1
4 files changed, 36 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/user/updating.rst b/Documentation/user/updating.rst
index 6a1a73348c..7aac0a99d6 100644
--- a/Documentation/user/updating.rst
+++ b/Documentation/user/updating.rst
@@ -30,3 +30,11 @@ commands. The exact commands are board specific.
**NOTE** barebox images can be enriched with metadata which can be used to check
if a given image is suitable for updating barebox, see :ref:`imd`.
+
+Repairing existing boot images
+------------------------------
+
+Some SoCs allow to store multiple boot images on a device in order to
+improve robustness. When an update handler supports it the handler can
+repair and/or refresh an image from this redundant information. This is
+done with the '-r' option to :ref:`command_barebox_update`.
diff --git a/commands/barebox-update.c b/commands/barebox-update.c
index 92e0efab6a..c2f2b68e08 100644
--- a/commands/barebox-update.c
+++ b/commands/barebox-update.c
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@
static int do_barebox_update(int argc, char *argv[])
{
- int opt, ret;
+ int opt, ret, repair = 0;
struct bbu_data data = {};
- while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "t:yf:ld:")) > 0) {
+ while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "t:yf:ld:r")) > 0) {
switch (opt) {
case 'd':
data.devicefile = optarg;
@@ -48,19 +48,24 @@ static int do_barebox_update(int argc, char *argv[])
printf("registered update handlers:\n");
bbu_handlers_list();
return 0;
+ case 'r':
+ repair = 1;
+ break;
default:
return COMMAND_ERROR_USAGE;
}
}
- if (!(argc - optind))
- return COMMAND_ERROR_USAGE;
-
- data.imagefile = argv[optind];
+ if (argc - optind > 0) {
+ data.imagefile = argv[optind];
- data.image = read_file(data.imagefile, &data.len);
- if (!data.image)
- return -errno;
+ data.image = read_file(data.imagefile, &data.len);
+ if (!data.image)
+ return -errno;
+ } else {
+ if (!repair)
+ return COMMAND_ERROR_USAGE;
+ }
ret = barebox_update(&data);
@@ -74,6 +79,7 @@ BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_TEXT("Options:")
BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_OPT("-l\t", "list registered targets")
BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_OPT("-t TARGET", "specify data target handler name")
BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_OPT("-d DEVICE", "write image to DEVICE")
+BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_OPT("-r\t", "refresh or repair. Do not update, but repair an existing image")
BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_OPT("-y\t", "autom. use 'yes' when asking confirmations")
BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_OPT("-f LEVEL", "set force level")
BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_END
@@ -81,7 +87,7 @@ BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_END
BAREBOX_CMD_START(barebox_update)
.cmd = do_barebox_update,
BAREBOX_CMD_DESC("update barebox to persistent media")
- BAREBOX_CMD_OPTS("[-ltdyf] [IMAGE]")
+ BAREBOX_CMD_OPTS("[-ltdyfr] [IMAGE]")
BAREBOX_CMD_GROUP(CMD_GRP_MISC)
BAREBOX_CMD_HELP(cmd_barebox_update_help)
BAREBOX_CMD_END
diff --git a/common/bbu.c b/common/bbu.c
index 68812a733d..09c96bbdb9 100644
--- a/common/bbu.c
+++ b/common/bbu.c
@@ -65,9 +65,13 @@ int bbu_confirm(struct bbu_data *data)
if (data->flags & BBU_FLAG_YES)
return 0;
- printf("update barebox from %s using handler %s to %s (y/n)?\n",
+ if (data->imagefile)
+ printf("update barebox from %s using handler %s to %s (y/n)?\n",
data->imagefile, data->handler_name,
data->devicefile);
+ else
+ printf("Refresh barebox on %s using handler %s (y/n)?\n",
+ data->devicefile, data->handler_name);
key = read_key();
@@ -141,6 +145,12 @@ int barebox_update(struct bbu_data *data)
if (!handler)
return -ENODEV;
+ if (!data->image && !data->imagefile &&
+ !(handler->flags & BBU_HANDLER_CAN_REFRESH)) {
+ pr_err("No Image file given\n");
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+
if (!data->handler_name)
data->handler_name = handler->name;
diff --git a/include/bbu.h b/include/bbu.h
index 0fe7a1a9bc..971fc1405c 100644
--- a/include/bbu.h
+++ b/include/bbu.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ struct bbu_handler {
const char *name;
struct list_head list;
#define BBU_HANDLER_FLAG_DEFAULT (1 << 0)
+#define BBU_HANDLER_CAN_REFRESH (1 << 1)
unsigned long flags;
/* default device file, can be overwritten on the command line */