[U-Boot] Sandbox question

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Mon Apr 23 20:30:59 CEST 2012


Dear Matthias,

In message <4F959612.7040903 at arcor.de> you wrote:
>
> Because you will have the same address for "physical memory" in all
> instances of sandbox u-boot. This could simplify test scripts a bit.
> Imagine testing tftp downloads to memory where DRAM bank-> start is
> different for every program run. This was a PITA for me while testing
> the tap ethernet simulation for sandbox. And that is why I came up with
> the patch.

Agreed - though I would expect the mapping at least to be consistent
through all runs of the same binary image.

> Or is there something like $(ramstart) in u-boot?

Not yet - but it would be trivial to add.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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