[U-Boot-Users] Re: ENV_IS_EMBEDDED functionality

[Wolfgang Denk]

In message <43C7FF53.7020809 at comcast.net> you wrote:
>
>         I have a question regarding the functionality provided by 
> ENV_IS_EMBEDDED. Currently, this value is computed only for the case 
> CFG_ENV_IS_IN_FLASH defined in environment.h, and is based on the flash 

Yes, because it can only be located in the middle of the U-Boot image
in flash if the environment is stored itself in flash  -  you  cannot
have this if the environment is, for example, sotred in a EEPROM.

> addresses of the environment being defined as inside the executing 
> addresses of u-boot. This seems to be designed for the case where u-boot 
> is executed out of flash and not copied into ram for execution. There is 

Wrong. This has nothing to do with execution, just with storage.

> an old configuration variable, CFG_ENV_IS_EMBEDDED, that appears to be 
> non-functional and deprecated. I am working with u-boot for the Analog 
> Devices Blackfin chip, which has not yet been submitted to mainstream 

I think I remember to have seen patches here on the list - search the
archives, please.

> (AFAIK). The code directly defines ENV_IS_EMBEDDED to force that 
> functionality even though it is copied to ram for execution (and thereby 

This has nothing to do with execution.

>         My question is: What is your opinion of this approach? It seems 

You misunderstand the function.


Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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