Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH OSSTEST v4 11/13] Debian: Create boot.scr with a suffix and copy to boot.scr

[Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 2015-01-21 at 12:08 +0000, Ian Jackson wrote:
> Ian Campbell writes ("[PATCH OSSTEST v4 11/13] Debian: Create boot.scr with a 
> suffix and copy to boot.scr"):
> > This ensures that we always have a boot script to boot at least the
> > native Debian kernel and Xen available, even after multiple iterations
> > of installation, which is handy when debugging a system.
> 
> I confess I don't quite see how this works, due to my lack of
> understanding of u-boot et al's plumbing, but I see nothing to object
> to.

u-boot essential does "load $script_addr $boot_script ; source
$script_addr", all this does is mean one can conveniently do "setenv
boot_script boot.scr.$foo; boot" (for foo in deb, nat, xen) to override
the default of boot.scr if you've borked it somehow.

> Acked-by: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks.
Ian.



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