Hello,
In message <1242339363-28686-3-git-send-email...@denx.de> you wrote:
> Several boards used different ways to specify the size of the
> protected area when enabling flash write protection for the sectors
> holding the environment variables: some used CONFIG_ENV_SIZE and
> CONFIG_ENV_SIZE_REDUND, some used CONFIG_ENV_SECT_SIZE, and some even
> a mix of both for the "normal" and the "redundant" areas.
>
> Normally, this makes no difference at all. However, things are
> different when you have to deal with boards that can come with
> different types of flash chips, which may have different sector
> sizes.
>
> Here we may have to chose CONFIG_ENV_SECT_SIZE such that it fits the
> biggest sector size, which may include several sectors on boards using
> the smaller sector flash types. In such a case, using CONFIG_ENV_SIZE
> or CONFIG_ENV_SIZE_REDUND to enable the protection may lead to the
> case that only the first of these sectors get protected, while the
> following ones aren't.
>
> This is no real problem, but it can be confusing for the user -
> especially on boards that use CONFIG_ENV_SECT_SIZE to protect the
> "normal" areas, while using CONFIG_ENV_SIZE_REDUND for the
> "redundant" area.
>
> To avoid such inconsistencies, I changed all sucn boards that I found
> to consistently use CONFIG_ENV_SECT_SIZE for protection. This should
> not cause any functional changes to the code.
>
> Signed-off-by: Wolfgang Denk <w...@denx.de>
> Cc: Paul Ruhland
> Cc: Pantelis Antoniou <pa...@intracom.gr>
> Cc: Stefan Roese <s...@denx.de>
> Cc: Gary Jennejohn <ga...@denx.de>
> Cc: Dave Ellis <d...@sixnetio.com>
> ---
> board/lpd7a40x/flash.c | 4 ++--
> board/mcc200/mcc200.c | 2 +-
> board/netphone/flash.c | 4 ++--
> board/netta/flash.c | 4 ++--
> board/netta2/flash.c | 4 ++--
> board/netvia/flash.c | 4 ++--
> board/pleb2/flash.c | 4 ++--
> board/prodrive/pdnb3/flash.c | 2 +-
> board/rmu/flash.c | 6 +++---
> board/samsung/smdk2400/flash.c | 4 ++--
> board/sixnet/flash.c | 4 ++--
> board/socrates/socrates.c | 2 +-
> board/tqc/tqm85xx/tqm85xx.c | 2 +-
> board/trab/flash.c | 4 ++--
> drivers/mtd/cfi_flash.c | 2 +-
> 15 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)
Applied to master.
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
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