[U-Boot] Can u-Boot Ran from RAM?

[Marek Vasut]

> On Monday 30 January 2012 23:07:05 Bud Miljkovic wrote:
> > While getting acquainted with possible u-Boot development issues, I read
> > FAQ "14.2.1.  Can U-Boot be configured such that it can be started in
> > RAM?" and was puzzled to learn that u-Boot cannot run from RAM.
> 
> you misread it.  the question is for people who have loaded u-boot, and
> then want to load another copy of u-boot into ram and then execute that
> directly.
> 
> so the question is "can u-boot be *started in ram*" and the answer is "no".

The answer is "yes if you know how to do it" ;-)

> normally u-boot is bootstrapped from non-ram storage (via a bootrom, or
> some bit of code being latched in at a hardcoded address, or some other
> cpu-specific magic).
> -mike