[U-Boot] mlo and u-boot
Lukasz Majewski
lukma at denx.de
Thu Feb 23 09:41:48 UTC 2017
On Wed, 22 Feb 2017 23:53:32 +0530
Ryan <ryanphilips19 at googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am using AM43XX based board. The bootloader is divided into spl
> u-boot (MLO) and u-boot.bin
>
> I wanted to check what variables are shared between them. How does MLO
> a seperate binary
> share the boot mode and mmcdev to u-boot so that it can use the
> appropriate mmcdev to find the
> kernel.
In u-boot, there is the concept of "environment variables", which are
stored in a separate non-persistent memory (like eMMC, NAND,) or file
system.
For example BBB uses eMMC to store envs.
It is possible to read envs in MLO and u-boot.
>
> thanks,
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Best regards,
Lukasz Majewski
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