[U-Boot-Users] 8xx watchdog too short

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Tue May 23 23:09:14 CEST 2006


A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.

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In message <200605232237.34682.antonio.dibacco at aruba.it> you wrote:
> I mean that, when the environment is not good, the uboot write something into 
> this sector and the right crc. it writes something like:
> 
> Saving Environment to Flash...
> Un-Protected 1 sectors
> Erasing Flash...
> . done
> Erased 1 sectors
> Writing to Flash... done

It shouldn't  do  this  automatically.  At  least  not  if  seriously
misconfigured.

And even then, the watchdog should  not  trigger  unless  your  flash
driver  is  seriously  broken (i. e. it does not trigger the watchdog
where needed).

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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