Restoring Uboot Environment from a Text file

Recently updated one of my Dockstars with the latest uBoot (2014.07) and also flash the new uBoot environment image. Now I can't boot into the Jeff's rescue system that is installed in flash. I do have a serial cable so I can connect and talk to it . I am able to use setenv to do a line by line reset of the environment variable, but would prefer to avoid typing and copy and paste errors and just flash the old environment which is backed up in a text file. Is there a way to convert the text file to and image and flash it back to the Dockstar?


Thanks

laprjns,

There are 2 options. Create a script to use in serial console (non permanent) or create an env image to be flashed to NAND.

However, with the new u-boot 2014.07-tld-2, you have the 3rd option. Instead, you can use the uEnv.txt to load your new envs while in serial console, and then save it. Which version do you have installed?

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/23/2015 06:47PM by bodhi.

Bodhi,
First, thank you for all the work, help and advice that you provide to us in this forum. Can't imagine how time you put into this.

> Which version do you
> have installed?
2014.07-tld-2


> ... create an env
> image to be flashed to NAND.

This is what I want to do. I have a text file of my old environment, have installed uboot-tools on my Salix (Slackware derivative) powered laptop and ready to run mkenvimage on the old environment text file. The only thing I don't know is the size of the environment image needed for the -s argument of mkenvimage. I can't seem to find it anywhere?

laprjns,

> Bodhi,
> First, thank you for all the work, help and advice
> that you provide to us in this forum. Can't
> imagine how time you put into this.

You're welcome! ...I spend my coffee breaks time posting on this forum :)

> . The only thing I don't know is the
> size of the environment image needed for the
> -s argument of mkenvimage. I can't
> seem to find it anywhere?

It's one block (128K) but it's in decimal:

mkenvimage -s 131072 -o u-boot-env.img u-boot-env.txt

So if you double check , it should come out to 128K:

ls -lh u-boot-env.img

Also, as I mentioned, you could test your envs with uEnv.txt first for correctness, and then create the image.

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/25/2015 06:56PM by bodhi.

I am loading uboot from QEMU and i had env.txt and env.bin
How to start uboot with the new environmrnt using QEMU ??

SURAJ,

> I am loading uboot from QEMU and i had env.txt and
> env.bin
> How to start uboot with the new environmrnt using
> QEMU ??

I've not done this so don't know if it is possible.

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