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bootscripts: seeed-rk35xx: harden armbianEnv.txt import against CRLF and invalid fdtfile - #10474

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Summary

  • armbianEnv.txt corruption comes in two flavours: 0xFF/NUL fill (power loss; passes env import -t but imports zero variables) and editor-induced CRLF pollution, where plain env import -t keeps a trailing \r in every value (byte-verified on a reComputer RK3588) while hush string comparison silently strips it — so neither test -z nor = can catch it.
  • Use env import -t -r, which strips the CR at import. These boards ship the Radxa next-dev-v2024.10 U-Boot (banner says "2017.09" — Rockchip pins the version number in the Makefile); -r is implemented via himport_r(crlf_is_lf) and device testing confirms imported values come out clean. CRLF'd files now import cleanly and keep their user settings instead of falling back to .dist.
  • As defense in depth, probe the imported file by loading dtb/${fdtfile}: on failure (stale fdtfile from an older image, a typo, a missing dtb, or a U-Boot where -r is unavailable) clear rootdev/fdtfile and restore all key vars from the clean armbianEnv.txt.dist baseline.

Testing

  • Byte-level device test (reComputer RK3588, U-Boot 2017.09-S39cd-… = Radxa next-dev-v2024.10): importing a hand-built testkey=val1\r\n buffer and re-exporting gives ... 0d 0a with plain env import -t but ... 0a with -r
  • 0xFF/NUL corruption → .dist fallback (device-tested 2026-08-14)
  • Full boot with clean armbianEnv.txt — no warning, normal boot
  • Full boot with CRLF'd armbianEnv.txt (unix2dos) — boots normally with user settings (CR stripped at import), no .dist fallback
  • Remove/rename the pointed DTB — expect .dist fallback (same path)

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Improved boot configuration validation and handling of line-ending issues.
    • Invalid device tree settings are now detected before startup.
    • Automatically restores default boot settings when configured values cannot be validated or loaded.
    • Improved recovery when boot configuration is incomplete, malformed, or corrupted.

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The boot script strips carriage returns during environment imports and validates the imported fdtfile by loading its DTB. If validation fails, it clears related variables and loads the .dist fallback configuration.

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Boot configuration validation

Layer / File(s) Summary
DTB validation and fallback
config/bootscripts/boot-seeed-rk35xx.cmd
The script uses env import -t -r, clears rootdev and fdtfile before import, replaces the rootdev check with DTB-load validation, and loads armbianEnv.txt.dist when validation fails.

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The change hardens armbianEnv.txt handling for CRLF and invalid device-tree values; no actionable merge-blocking risk remains at the current head.

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  • armbian/build#9953: Both changes modify boot-seeed-rk35xx.cmd to detect invalid environment imports. This PR uses DTB validation instead of the rootdev check.

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In `@config/bootscripts/boot-seeed-rk35xx.cmd`:
- Around line 38-45: Clear fdtfile alongside rootdev before importing
armbianEnv.txt, so validation cannot reuse a stale U-Boot environment value when
the file provides no setting. Preserve the existing DTB probe and .dist fallback
flow.
- Around line 27-33: Update the armbianEnv.txt import command in the boot script
to use env import with both -t and -r, while preserving the existing fallback
behavior when the file is unreadable or invalid.
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Mkiring force-pushed the fix/seeed-rk35xx-armbianenv-crlf branch from d63e448 to c056cee Compare August 19, 2026 11:28
@Mkiring Mkiring changed the title bootscripts: seeed-rk35xx: detect CRLF-polluted armbianEnv.txt via fdtfile load probe bootscripts: seeed-rk35xx: harden armbianEnv.txt import against CRLF and invalid fdtfile Aug 19, 2026

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In `@config/bootscripts/boot-seeed-rk35xx.cmd`:
- Line 34: Update the boot environment initialization before the initial
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Comment thread config/bootscripts/boot-seeed-rk35xx.cmd
…and invalid fdtfile

armbianEnv.txt corruption comes in two flavours. Power loss can fill the
file with 0xFF (eMMC erased block) or NUL, which passes "env import -t"
without error but imports zero variables. Editor-induced CRLF pollution
is sneakier: plain "env import -t" keeps the trailing \r in every value
(byte-verified on a reComputer RK3588: re-exported values end in 0d 0a),
and hush string comparison silently strips it, so neither "test -z" nor
"=" can catch the corruption.

Use "env import -t -r", which strips the CR at import. These boards ship
the Radxa next-dev-v2024.10 U-Boot (its banner says 2017.09 because
Rockchip pins the version number); -r is implemented via
himport_r(crlf_is_lf) and device testing confirms imported values come
out clean.

As defense in depth, clear rootdev and fdtfile before the import, then
probe the imported file by loading the DTB its fdtfile points to: a
stale built-in fdtfile cannot satisfy the probe when a corrupt file
imports zero variables. On probe failure (stale fdtfile from an older
image, a manual typo, or a U-Boot where -r is unavailable) restore all
key vars from the clean armbianEnv.txt.dist baseline maintained by the
build hook and OTA sync.

Signed-off-by: Mkirin <haohao.wang@seeed.cc>
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