functions/recovery: loop recovery shell when exited - #835
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Currently, exiting the recovery shell results in a kernel panic, necessitating a hard reset / power cycle. As this is less than ideal, drop the exec and add a loop to restart the shell. Addresses issue linuxboot#833 Tested under qemu-coreboot-fbwhiptail Signed-off-by: Matt DeVillier <matt.devillier@puri.sm>
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Currently, exiting the recovery shell results in a kernel panic, necessitating a hard reset / power cycle. As this is less than ideal, drop the exec and add a loop to restart the shell. Addresses issue linuxboot#833 Tested under qemu-coreboot-fbwhiptail Signed-off-by: Matt DeVillier <matt.devillier@puri.sm>Signed-off-by: Thierry Laurion <insurgo@riseup.net>
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Currently, exiting the recovery shell results in a kernel panic,
necessitating a hard reset / power cycle. As this is less than ideal,
drop the exec and add a loop to restart the shell.
Addresses issue #833
Tested under qemu-coreboot-fbwhiptail
Signed-off-by: Matt DeVillier matt.devillier@puri.sm