[U-Boot] auto update from NAND flash

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Mon Dec 6 06:39:44 CET 2010


Dear deebul nair,

In message <AANLkTikKRUBydqE3cFqUxijMrS2POgVGPXPpKOLrsybk at mail.gmail.com> you wrote:
>
> I have a MPC8572 PowerPC board , with jffs2 filesystem on the NAND falsh.
> I have formatted the falsh in 5 partitions for dtb, uboot.bin, uImage,
> rootfs.jffs2 and a spare parttion.
> 
> I want to do a auto update for the uImage and rootfs.jffs2 by using he spare
> aparttion in the flash.
> i.e. I will place the latest uImage/ root.jffs2 file in the spare parttion
> and while reboot the uboot should flash the latest images and boot
> 
> I know  there is auto update through tftp , any idea throug h NAND falsh.

Well, replace the "tftp" command by a "nand read". Where exactly is
your problem?

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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