[U-Boot] [swupdate] Re: SWUpdate - U-Boot environment library dependency

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Simon,

In message <CAAh8qsyopV-HftdCWMbMu+fdcpqWWQtBnZDDyqFyv6iC1eoCDA at mail.gmail.com> you wrote:
>
> > Only if you use signed images.  With plain U-Boot, there is not even
> > a checksum for it...
>
> When SPL loads U-Boot from a legacy image, isn't there a CRC involved over
> the full image including the environment?

Yes, but when - for example - the compiled in default environment
gets corrupted while loading from the storage device or while
writing it to RAM, there will be zero check when reading it.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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