[U-Boot] Inconsistencies in commands regarding load_addr

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Benoît,

In message <5617C8B9.30204 at wsystem.com> you wrote:
> 
> Currently, it's all mixed up between CONFIG_SYS_LOAD_ADDR, the loadaddr
> environment variable and the load_addr global C variable.
> 
> The 1st issue is that loadaddr and load_addr currently diverge if the user
> changes loadaddr or if commands change load_addr.
> 
> The 2nd issue is that some commands use the value of loadaddr as a default,
> whereas others use load_addr. And if that fails, CONFIG_SYS_LOAD_ADDR is
> sometimes used as a fallback value.
> 
> The 3rd issue is that some read/load commands set load_addr, but not all (e.g.:
> mmc read, ext2load), which breaks the whole feature, but fixing this could break
> existing configurations relying on the current behavior.

Thanks for the analysis.  As always, patches are welcome :-)

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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