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Configuration variables
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.. _global_device:
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The ``global`` device
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The ``global`` device is a special purpose device. It only exists as a
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storage for global variables. Some global variables are created internally
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in barebox (see :ref:`magicvars`). Additional variables can be created with
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the :ref:`command_global` command::
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global myvar
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This creates the ``global.myvar`` variable which now can be used like any
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other variable. You can also directly assign a value during creation::
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global myvar1=foobar
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**NOTE** creating a variable with ``global myvar1=foobar`` looks very similar
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to assigning a value with ``global.myvar1=foobar``, but the latter fails when
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a variable has not been created before.
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.. _magicvars:
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Magic variables
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Some variables have special meanings and influence the behaviour
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of barebox. Most but not all of them are consolidated in the :ref:`global_device`
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Since it's hard to remember which variables these are and if the current
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barebox has support for them the :ref:`command_magicvar` command can print a list
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of all variables with special meaning along with a short description::
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barebox@Genesi Efika MX Smartbook:/ magicvar
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OPTARG optarg for hush builtin getopt
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PATH colon separated list of pathes to search for executables
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PS1 hush prompt
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armlinux_architecture ARM machine ID
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armlinux_system_rev ARM system revision
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armlinux_system_serial ARM system serial
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automount_path mountpath passed to automount scripts
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bootargs Linux Kernel parameters
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bootsource The source barebox has been booted from
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bootsource_instance The instance of the source barebox has been booted from
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global.boot.default default boot order
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