Bud Last time I looked, the yaffs code in u-boot is pretty old and I would recommend refreshing it.
-- Charles On Friday 03 February 2012 10:40:45 Bud Miljkovic wrote: > I am newbie in this. Anybody done it? > > Any lead is appreciated. > > Cheers, > Bud Miljkovic > > -----Original Message----- > From: Marek Vasut [mailto:marek.va...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, 1 February 2012 11:58 p.m. > To: Wolfgang Denk > Cc: u-boot@lists.denx.de; Bud Miljkovic > Subject: Re: [U-Boot] Can u-Boot Ran from RAM? > > > 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 _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot
