[U-Boot] BSS footprint of FAT very high - SPL issues

[Albert ARIBAUD]

Le 01/02/2011 11:18, Bedia, Vaibhav a écrit :
> On Tuesday, February 01, 2011 3:35 PM, Wolfgang Denk wrote:
>> Dear "Bedia, Vaibhav",
>>
>> In message
>> <FCCFB4CDC6E5564B9182F639FC356087035FB315F8 at dbde02.ent.ti.com>  you
>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Luckily we don't need networking related code in SPL.
>>>
>>> It might be required later on :)
>>
>> It makes no sense. Load and start U-Boot if you need more fancy
>> features. If you need even more complex ones (say, TCP/IP and Java
>> support) then boot and OS.
>>
>
> I was thinking of a scenario where we have SPL being loaded over
> ethernet and the SPL stage then trying to load the 2nd stage using
> TFTP.

That would be way outside of how U-Boot is supposed to work: the 
assumption is that the SPL and U-Boot itself are present on-board anyway 
-- the rationale being that the board should be able to get to the 
U-Boot prompt with only the console attached.

> Regards,
> Vaibhav

Amicalement,
-- 
Albert.