[U-Boot] [PATCH 0/2] Add support for MINI2440 (s3c2440)
Gabriel Huau
contact at huau-gabriel.fr
Sun Apr 29 23:39:00 CEST 2012
On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 11:32:27PM +0200, Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> Dear Gabriel Huau,
>
> In message <1335734845-27396-1-git-send-email-contact at huau-gabriel.fr> you wrote:
> >
> > >> +/*
> > >> + * When booting from NAND, it is impossible to access the lowest addresses
> > >> + * due to the SteppingStone being in the way. Luckily the NOR doesn't really
> > >> + * care about the highest 16 bits of address, so we set the controlers
> > >> + * registers to go and poke over there, instead.
> > >> + */
> > >> +#define PHYS_FLASH_1 0x0
> > >> +#define CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BASE 0x0
> > >
> > >Urghh... this sounds very much like a serious design issue?
> >
> > About this point, I ported it from the old version uboot as well. It may need
> > some investigation, but I remember it was a big problem with this board. In the
> > case of a NAND boot, we don't have access to NOR because the SteppingStone
> > (SRAM) is mapped at the same range.
>
> Should this not only affect the SPL part of the code, while you could
> use normal mappings for the real U-Boot.
>
> Umm... but I don't even see any reference to SPL files here. Is this
> current code supposed to support NAND booting? and if so, why doesn;t
> it use SPL?
>
Nope, laters. Currently, the code is only supporting boot from NOR.
Should I remove these defines ?
> Best regards,
>
> Wolfgang Denk
>
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