--- /dev/null
+From: Oliver Metz <oliver@freetz.org>
+Subject: [PATCH v2 1/2] fw_env: add redundant env support for MTD_ABSENT
+
+Signed-off-by: Oliver Metz <oliver@freetz.org>
+Tested-by: Luka Perkov <luka@openwrt.org>
+---
+
+v1 -> v2:
+ * correct spelling of redundant
+
+http://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot/2013-August/161694.html
+http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/270993/
+
+ tools/env/fw_env.c | 3 +++
+ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
+
+--- a/tools/env/fw_env.c
++++ b/tools/env/fw_env.c
+@@ -1152,6 +1152,9 @@ int fw_env_open(void)
+ } else if (DEVTYPE(dev_current) == MTD_UBIVOLUME &&
+ DEVTYPE(!dev_current) == MTD_UBIVOLUME) {
+ environment.flag_scheme = FLAG_INCREMENTAL;
++ } else if (DEVTYPE(dev_current) == MTD_ABSENT &&
++ DEVTYPE(!dev_current) == MTD_ABSENT) {
++ environment.flag_scheme = FLAG_INCREMENTAL;
+ } else {
+ fprintf (stderr, "Incompatible flash types!\n");
+ return -1;