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authorJoe Hershberger <joe.hershberger@ni.com>2012-10-04 08:31:00 +0000
committerTom Rini <trini@ti.com>2012-10-15 11:54:05 -0700
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tools: Add a README note about fw_printenv lock file
Add a mention of the lock file to the README for the fw_printenv tool. Signed-off-by: Joe Hershberger <joe.hershberger@ni.com> Reported-by: Luka Perkov <uboot@lukaperkov.net>
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@@ -55,3 +55,7 @@ partition where the environment resides.
DEVICEx_ENVSECTORS defines the number of sectors that may be used for
this environment instance. On NAND this is used to limit the range
within which bad blocks are skipped, on NOR it is not used.
+
+To prevent losing changes to the environment and to prevent confusing the MTD
+drivers, a lock file at /var/lock/fw_printenv.lock is used to serialize access
+to the environment.