Re: [PATCH] startup: add $global.autoboot to make behavior configurable

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On Wed, Apr 15, 2020 at 11:36:00AM +0200, Ahmad Fatoum wrote:
> We already have a autoboot_state variable that controls barebox init
> behavior on startup:
> 
> * ABORT:  abort and fall into shell
> * MENU:   display boot menu
> * BOOT:   boot directly without delay
> * UNKNOWN: default; count down and then boot
> 
> Exporting this as a device parameter allows us to support some
> different boot scenarios:
> 
> * ABORT boot always while debugging
> * display MENU by default (e.g. for graphical boots)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ahmad Fatoum <ahmad@xxxxxx>
> ---
>  common/startup.c | 13 ++++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/common/startup.c b/common/startup.c
> index c417a4d0781a..ff890fa744ab 100644
> --- a/common/startup.c
> +++ b/common/startup.c
> @@ -163,6 +163,13 @@ static const char * const global_autoboot_abort_keys[] = {
>  };
>  static int global_autoboot_timeout = 3;
>  
> +static const char * const autoboot_states[] = {
> +	[AUTOBOOT_UNKNOWN] = "unknown",
> +	[AUTOBOOT_ABORT] = "abort",
> +	[AUTOBOOT_MENU] = "menu",
> +	[AUTOBOOT_BOOT] = "boot",
> +};
> +
>  static bool test_abort(void)
>  {
>  	bool do_abort = false;
> @@ -194,7 +201,7 @@ static bool test_abort(void)
>  #define INITFILE "/env/bin/init"
>  #define MENUFILE "/env/menu/mainmenu"
>  
> -static enum autoboot_state autoboot_state = AUTOBOOT_UNKNOWN;
> +static int autoboot_state = AUTOBOOT_UNKNOWN;
>  
>  /**
>   * set_autoboot_state - set the autoboot state
> @@ -285,6 +292,10 @@ static int run_init(void)
>  				  ARRAY_SIZE(global_autoboot_abort_keys));
>  	globalvar_add_simple_int("autoboot_timeout",
>  				 &global_autoboot_timeout, "%u");
> +	globalvar_add_simple_enum("autoboot",
> +				  &autoboot_state,
> +				  autoboot_states,
> +				  ARRAY_SIZE(autoboot_states));

Please add a MAGICVAR description for this.

Setting it to AUTOBOOT_BOOT seems a bit dangerous, there's no way back
if booting goes wrong.

Sascha

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