Hi,
> Christian and I discussed if we should simplify the state extraction
> after a failed update, i.e. when we booted the previous version again.
> bg_printenv will then report something like this:
>
>
> ----------------------------
> Config Partition #0 Values:
> in_progress: no
> revision: 2
> kernel: C:BOOT0:linux.efi
> kernelargs:
> watchdog timeout: 0 seconds
> ustate: 0 (OK)
>
> user variables:
>
>
>
> ----------------------------
> Config Partition #1 Values:
> in_progress: no
> revision: 0
> kernel: C:BOOT1:linux.efi
> kernelargs:
> watchdog timeout: 0 seconds
> ustate: 3 (FAILED)
>
> user variables:
>
>
> But there is no simple command to find out that we are not OK but rather
> back from a failed update. There is bg_printenv -o ustate -r -c, but
> that will only report USTATE=0. We don't have a nice way to query the
> "FAILED" state of the other env, only "bg_printenv | grep FAILED".
>
> Any ideas how to address that best?
In addition to $ bg_printenv -o ustate -r -c, there's also the
environment selector so that you can use something like this in
shell scripts, at least getting rid of the | grep:
for env in 0 1; do
eval "$(bg_printenv -o ustate -p $env --raw)"
case $USTATE in
0)
echo "OK"
;;
... whatever ...
esac
done
However, it's still (too much) pluming IMO. What about one bg_printenv
call that returns the values from *all* environments, e.g., [mockup]
$ bg_printenv -o ustate -p all --raw
ENV_COUNT=2
USTATE_0=0
USTATE_1=3
where the _<NUM> suffix is the config partition number and ENV_COUNT
gives the total config partition count? Otherwise, you have to know
or probe for the config partition count...
Kind regards,
Christian
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Dr. Christian Storm
Siemens AG, Technology, T CED SES-DE
Otto-Hahn-Ring 6, 81739 München, Germany
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