[U-Boot-Users] Dynamic location of the environment sector

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Mon Jun 26 23:10:51 CEST 2006


In message <449FF5D4.8050007 at inaccessnetworks.com> you wrote:
>
> What is the story of the env_size variable? The tools tin tools/env/* do 
> not use this variable, the environment size is retrieved from the 
> configuration files.

I have no idea what's happening in your configuration. Especially,  a
variable  like  env_size  should not be part of the .text segment ion
the first place.

> In the actual u-boot code (not the tools) there is no usage. Is it some 
> kind of a legacy mechanism, leftover from older versions of u-boot?

I don't even remember that...

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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