> Dear Marek Vasut, > > In message <201202011111.09465.marek.va...@gmail.com> you wrote: > > > On Monday 30 January 2012 23:07:05 Bud Miljkovic wrote: > > > > While getting acquainted with possible u-Boot development issues, I > > > > read FAQ "14.2.1. Can U-Boot be configured such that it can be > > > > started in RAM?" and was puzzled to learn that u-Boot cannot run > > > > from RAM. > > > > > > you misread it. the question is for people who have loaded u-boot, and > > > then want to load another copy of u-boot into ram and then execute that > > > directly. > > > > > > so the question is "can u-boot be *started in ram*" and the answer is > > > "no". > > > > The answer is "yes if you know how to do it" ;-) > > The answer is "NO". You cannot load the _normal_ U-Boot image to RAM > and start it. You must prepare a _special_ image which omits all the > initializations that are normally included.
You can on PXA ;-) > > This FAQ addresses the situation where people want to load and run > their _normal_ images before burning these to flash. And this CANNOT > be done like that. You're certainly right this is true for general case, but there are special cases where you can load u-boot from u-boot without any harm (PXA is the example). > > Best regards, > > Wolfgang Denk _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot
