[U-Boot] [PATCH] env_sf - Do not free flash environment on successful read

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Fri Oct 22 14:07:27 CEST 2010


Dear Stefano Babic,

In message <4CC17A27.7010404 at denx.de> you wrote:
>
> You mean there are several bugs here....if spi_flash_free() is correct,
> then spi_flash_probe must be called inside the saveenv function, in case
> env_flash is not set (so it is called only once).
> And IMHO spi_flash_free() should be called for the redundant case, too
> (why is it different from the non-redundant case?).

Right. There are quite a number of different bugs in that code, and
potential for cleanup / optimization - ther eis probably no need to
have two different versions of the saveenv() function when only a few
lines are different.

The submitted patch would not help, though, as only the old
environment would be written back.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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