# Libubootenv: New library to access U-Boot environment

**URL:** <https://hub.mender.io/t/libubootenv-new-library-to-access-u-boot-environment/297>\
**Category:** General Discussions\
**Created:** [March 5, 2019, 2:56pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/libubootenv-new-library-to-access-u-boot-environment/297 "2019-03-05T14:56:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![dwalkes](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/hub.mender.io/dwalkes/32/41_2.png) [@dwalkes](https://hub.mender.io/u/dwalkes)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2019, 2:56pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/libubootenv-new-library-to-access-u-boot-environment/297/1 "2019-03-05T14:56:47Z")

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Hi Folks,  
For anyone who isn’t on the swupdate mailing list I noticed an interesting post yesterday about a new option for U-Boot environment configuration in software. See the announcement post at [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/swupdate/libubootenv%7Csort:date/swupdate/2wcIyfexOro/iADiuQRtBQAJ.](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/swupdate/libubootenv%7Csort:date/swupdate/2wcIyfexOro/iADiuQRtBQAJ)

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**Author:** ![kacf](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/hub.mender.io/kacf/32/146_2.png) [@kacf](https://hub.mender.io/u/kacf)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2019, 8:46am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/libubootenv-new-library-to-access-u-boot-environment/297/2 "2019-03-06T08:46:16Z")

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Yes, that can indeed be useful for Mender as well, instead of relying on the quite fragile “u-boot-fw-utils-mender-auto-provided” Yocto recipe. The need to synchronize the u-boot and u-boot-fw-utils recipes has always been a pitfall.