[U-Boot-Users] [PATCH] Add 'imload' command

[Bartlomiej Sieka]

Kumar Gala wrote:
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>>>> - The load_image routine (and consequently imload commad) will not 
>>>> work when the image is stored in Data Flash.
>>> what's the issue here?
>>
>> Please have a look at code under CONFIG_HAS_DATAFLASH in get_kernel()
>> (formerly in do_bootm()), especially the read_dataflash() function. The
>> issue is that you have to copy data from Data Flash in a specific way in
>> order to have random access to it. So for example this line in your code:
>> type_name = image_get_type_name (image_get_type (hdr));
>> will effectively try to access hdr->ih_type, which will not work when
>> hdr is an address in Data Flash.
> 
> Just to be clear, at a quick glance, I assume load_image will work ok 
> from do_bootm() but not from do_imload().  (since do_bootm is calling 
> get_kernel).

Correct.

Regards,
Bartlomiej