Hi On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 8:58 PM, Wolfgang Denk <w...@denx.de> wrote: > Dear Michael Trimarchi, > > In message > <CAOf5uw=1yvf8xde--7bp2y0jophj9wcehe8js8y05+wyz_w...@mail.gmail.com> you > wrote: >> >> > Apart of the fact that is possible to add DFU to SPL, I am missing which >> > is the real advantage. One goal of having split U-Boot into two images >> > (SPL and U-Boot) is also to get a simpler and smaller image, letting the >> > main U-Boot image doing the rest (hush shell, further drivers, and so >> > on). We are now trying to push features that we currently have into SPL. >> > Well, why cannot we simply run U-Boot if we need a DFU update ? Which >> > are the real advantages for having DFU in SPL ? >> >> USB flashing (no serial, no display) only otg > > This does not answer Stefano's question: why do it in SPL, what's > wrong with loading the real U-Boot for this purpose? >
Because it's not possible, internal memory size of some cpus. You need to have a way to load the second stage and I'm discussing a general way to do. > Best regards, > > Wolfgang Denk > What is your alternative way? Michael > -- > DENX Software Engineering GmbH, MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel > HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany > Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: w...@denx.de > IMPORTANT NOTICE TO PURCHASERS: The Entire Physical Universe, Inclu- > ding This Product, May One Day Collapse Back into an Infinitesimally > Small Space. Should Another Universe Subsequently Re-emerge, the > Existence of This Product in That Universe Cannot Be Guaranteed. _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot
