On 16 November 2016 at 03:29, Bernhard Nortmann
<bernhard.nortm...@web.de> wrote:
> This patch modifies env_flags_validate() in such a way that any
> operation will *always* be allowed if H_PROGRAMMATIC is present.
>
> Without this change, programmatically changing environment vars
> may fail depending on their flags, e.g. when trying to setenv*()
> a variable that is marked "read-only".
> http://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot/2016-April/250237.html
>
> Notes: H_FORCE may be insufficient for this purpose, as it can be
> disabled by CONFIG_ENV_ACCESS_IGNORE_FORCE.
> H_PROGRAMMATIC indicates "U-Boot internal" use. By contrast, any
> user interaction (from U-Boot prompt or scripts) is expected to
> be marked H_INTERACTIVE.
>
> Signed-off-by: Bernhard Nortmann <bernhard.nortm...@web.de>
>
> ---
>
> Changes in v2: None
>
>  common/env_flags.c | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

Reviewed-by: Simon Glass <s...@chromium.org>
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