[U-Boot-Users] Question about CFG_ENV_ADDR during RAMBOOT

[Timur Tabi]

Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> In message <46535B7B.2090903 at freescale.com> you wrote:
>>>> Looks to me like it would be better defined:
>>>> #define CFG_ENV_SIZE		0x2000
>>>> #define CFG_ENV_ADDR		(CFG_MONITOR_BASE - CFG_ENV_SIZE)
>>> No, this is broken as CFG_ENV_SIZE may be (and often actually is)
>>> smaller than CFG_ENV_SECT_SIZE
>> Why would that matter?  Does the environment need to be located on a sector boundary?
> 
> Look at the code.

Which code?  The environment isn't even located in flash, so what difference does it make 
if it's not on a sector boundary?  There aren't even any sectors!

>> My understanding of ramboot is that its sole purpose is to boot U-Boot when flash isn't 
>> working at all, so any ramboot-enabled U-Boot would never access anything on flash.
> 
> Other people had other ideas.

I don't recall reading any.  Can you tell what you're talking about?

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Timur Tabi
Linux Kernel Developer @ Freescale