package/uboot-tools: Add mkenvimage for host.

Hello there,

I need to use mkenvimage. And it seems that the easiest way is to 
automatically install it in the HOST_UBOOT_TOOLS_INSTALL_CMDS target.
The tool mkenvimage appeared v2011.12 of uboot, so it's present in all 
the versions that buildroot supports.
The patch is a simple line, if anyone is interested.


Regards

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Dear Arnaud Rébillout,

On Wed, 19 Dec 2012 13:47:11 +0100, Arnaud Rébillout wrote:

> I need to use mkenvimage. And it seems that the easiest way is to 
> automatically install it in the HOST_UBOOT_TOOLS_INSTALL_CMDS target.
> The tool mkenvimage appeared v2011.12 of uboot, so it's present in all 
> the versions that buildroot supports.
> The patch is a simple line, if anyone is interested.

Indeed, mkenvimage is useful.

However:

 *) Could you send a proper git patch, with a description,
 Signed-off-by line, and sent using git send-email so that it doesn't
 get line-wrapped by your mail client.

 *) I would like to see an option being added in the U-Boot
 configuration options to pass a txt file containing an environment
 definition, which would be passed through mkenvimage to generate an
 image environment, and then installed in $(BINARIES_DIR). Could you
 cook such a patch, or do you prefer if someone else does it?

Thanks,

Thomas

Hi Mr. Petazzoni,

>   *) Could you send a proper git patch, with a description,
>   Signed-off-by line, and sent using git send-email so that it doesn't
>   get line-wrapped by your mail client.
Ok I will look at that and do my best.

>   *) I would like to see an option being added in the U-Boot
>   configuration options to pass a txt file containing an environment
>   definition, which would be passed through mkenvimage to generate an
>   image environment, and then installed in $(BINARIES_DIR). Could you
>   cook such a patch, or do you prefer if someone else does it?
Sounds good to me, I will send you a new patch. Hopefully before the end 
of the week.

Thanks,



On 19/12/12 13:58, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
> Dear Arnaud Rébillout,
>
> On Wed, 19 Dec 2012 13:47:11 +0100, Arnaud Rébillout wrote:
>
>> I need to use mkenvimage. And it seems that the easiest way is to
>> automatically install it in the HOST_UBOOT_TOOLS_INSTALL_CMDS target.
>> The tool mkenvimage appeared v2011.12 of uboot, so it's present in all
>> the versions that buildroot supports.
>> The patch is a simple line, if anyone is interested.
> Indeed, mkenvimage is useful.
>
> However:
>
>   *) Could you send a proper git patch, with a description,
>   Signed-off-by line, and sent using git send-email so that it doesn't
>   get line-wrapped by your mail client.
>
>   *) I would like to see an option being added in the U-Boot
>   configuration options to pass a txt file containing an environment
>   definition, which would be passed through mkenvimage to generate an
>   image environment, and then installed in $(BINARIES_DIR). Could you
>   cook such a patch, or do you prefer if someone else does it?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Thomas

Dear Arnaud Rébillout,

On Wed, 19 Dec 2012 14:03:25 +0100, Arnaud Rébillout wrote:

> >   *) Could you send a proper git patch, with a description,
> >   Signed-off-by line, and sent using git send-email so that it doesn't
> >   get line-wrapped by your mail client.
> Ok I will look at that and do my best.

No problem. If you need help, don't hesitate to ask. Basically, your
mail should look like:

==================================================================
u-boot: add support for mkenvimage installation and usage

U-Boot has an utility called mkenvimage that allows blablabla. This
commit installs this utility and provides configuration options for
blablabla.

Signed-off-by: Arnaud Rébillout <rebillout@syscom.ch>
---
<the patch goes here>
==================================================================

This gets done automatically by Git as long as you provide the text
above as the commit log.

> >   *) I would like to see an option being added in the U-Boot
> >   configuration options to pass a txt file containing an environment
> >   definition, which would be passed through mkenvimage to generate an
> >   image environment, and then installed in $(BINARIES_DIR). Could you
> >   cook such a patch, or do you prefer if someone else does it?
> Sounds good to me, I will send you a new patch. Hopefully before the end 
> of the week.

Excellent, thanks!

Thomas