[U-Boot-Users] 2-step U-boot(?)

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Mon Jun 9 07:50:51 CEST 2008


In message <52CF207E00A9394C8CD1423668654840A8B3DB1E at 4rf-nz-exch02.local.4rf.com> you wrote:
>
> I'm new to u-boot. Has anybody tried to make 2-step u-boot? I mean a really
>  small u-boot (the first u-boot) possible only needs to initialize the CPU,
>  memory... and load the full featured (the second u-boot) u-boot and the Li

As Stefan already pointed out, booting from NAND involves exactly such
a scenario.

> nux to the RAM. In this way the second u-boot as an application can be upda
> ted on the fly.

However I don;t really understand what this has to do with the
capability to update U-Boot? You can update U-Boot as is just fine.

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Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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