In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > > Hmm...maybe this is a stupid question, but why can't it _always_ use > the RAM area to look up the environment? env_init() is one of the first > things to be called during bootstrap...
One of the first accesses to the environment happens when we need to read the console baudrate to initialize the serial interface. This happens very, very early in the initialization, long before RAM is even usable. > Maybe it's wishful thinking, but if we could get rid of this extra > logic, u-boot would become simpler, smaller and faster, right? Unfortunately this is not the case. Best regards, Wolfgang Denk -- DENX Software Engineering GmbH, MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] All I ask is a chance to prove that money can't make me happy. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone _______________________________________________ U-Boot-Users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/u-boot-users
