Re: [U-Boot] NAND only (no NOR)

2008-12-03 Thread Leon Woestenberg
Hello, On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 8:40 AM, Trent Piepho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 3 Dec 2008, Sean MacLennan wrote: >>> Yes, I would recommend to do it this way if possible. A small NOR for >>> U-Boot and environment and everything else in NAND. This makes things >>> much easier. But I unde

Re: [U-Boot] NAND only (no NOR)

2008-12-02 Thread Trent Piepho
On Wed, 3 Dec 2008, Sean MacLennan wrote: >> Yes, I would recommend to do it this way if possible. A small NOR for >> U-Boot and environment and everything else in NAND. This makes things >> much easier. But I understand that this is sometimes a problem with >> space (2 FLASH chips) and costs. > >

Re: [U-Boot] NAND only (no NOR)

2008-12-02 Thread Sean MacLennan
On Wed, 3 Dec 2008 06:48:57 +0100 "Stefan Roese" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Currently you need to define the page-size of the NAND used for > booting (512 bytes vs. 2k). The 2k 4xx NAND booting support is was > done about 1/2 a year ago. So perhaps you tested this when this 2k > support was not

Re: [U-Boot] NAND only (no NOR)

2008-12-02 Thread Stefan Roese
On Wednesday 03 December 2008, Sean MacLennan wrote: > We use a 256M NAND on the PIKA Warp appliance and where unable to boot > u-boot from the NAND. It worked on a smaller 64M NAND. Currently you need to define the page-size of the NAND used for booting (512 bytes vs. 2k). The 2k 4xx NAND bootin

Re: [U-Boot] NAND only (no NOR)

2008-12-02 Thread Alessandro Rubini
Disclaimer: I'm not running ppc these days > However, having no NOR flash means: > - NAND should be programmable via JTAG (BDI3000 doesn't support > this, Lauterbach/trace32 does) My personal preference for bringing up a new board is placing u-boot in RAM using the available information to