Wolfgang, > Dear =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Andr=E9?= Schwarz, > > In message <1268321602.4803.24.ca...@swa-m460> you wrote: > > > > is there any reasonable way to reserve some small flash sectors embedded > > inside U-Boot for other usage ? > > Yes, of course there is. For example, in many board configurations we > use such small sectors for the environment (then called "embedded > environment"). > > > Example : > > > > 2 sectors @ 0-16k U-boot start including initial code @ reset vector. > > 1 sector @ 16k-24k e.g. environment. > > 2 sectors @ 24k-40k reserved (small linux mtd partitions). > > ? sectors @ 40k+ remaining U-Boot code. > > This can easily be done. > > > Back with U-Boot 1.1.4 I used the board's local u-boot.lds like this : > > Right. The linker script is the pace that needs to be tweaked. > > > The primary goal is to create a dedicated sector holding the auto/boot > > script being available through a nested mtd partition. > > Well, I think there might be more efficient ways to acchieve this, but > YMMV.
hmm - I'm not *that* familiar with all that abbreviations ... have to ask someone : http://www.abbreviations.com/YMMV Hopefully you didn't mean the worst one ;-) > > Why are you asking? You wrote you have been doing this since 1.1.4, so > where exactly is your problem? The linker script has moved to the CPU directory, i.e. there's no local linker script anymore. Since I want to submit the board files as soon as the merge window will open I'm asking for a reasonable way to implement this in current U-Boot. What's your favorite way of doing this ? I'd be happy to implement it that way. > > Best regards, > > Wolfgang Denk > Regards, André MATRIX VISION GmbH, Talstrasse 16, DE-71570 Oppenweiler Registergericht: Amtsgericht Stuttgart, HRB 271090 Geschaeftsfuehrer: Gerhard Thullner, Werner Armingeon, Uwe Furtner, Hans-Joachim Reich _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot
