[U-Boot] [u-boot] CRC / ECC protection of environment

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Arno Steffen,

In message <CAACX+R1vfc7C7XvygfVD8TV+ypaqSyON_EFX7VheQ8R56vncaA at mail.gmail.com> you wrote:
> Assumed Uboot and environment are located in NAND flash.
> Just a short question: Is the ECC done before the CRC check, or is the
> CRC check done first?
> From my observation I would assume that first CRC is checked. But if

Your observations are wrong.

> so - imho in my case (environment in NAND, which is handled with ECC)
> this wouldn't make sense.
> Am I right, that in this situation I should configure uboot to NOT use
> CRC protection?

No, you should not meddle with the CRC checking.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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