Le 02/11/2010 10:56, Sughosh Ganu a écrit : > hi Albert, > > On Tue Nov 02, 2010 at 10:47:49AM +0100, Albert ARIBAUD wrote: > >> Now a solution would be that the actual u-boot size be flashed along >> with it, for instance as a literal defined as '.word _end - _start' >> right after the vectors. The SPL could load a first NAND block, read the >> literal, round it to a multiple of NAND blocks by default, and then read >> this quantity. >> >> That would remove the dependency at the cost of extra code in the SPL, >> though, and not all boards might be able to afford it. > > Another issue is that the nand_spl might be compiled and flashed > to the NAND as a separate entity, using a separate flashing > mechanism. If we use the dynamic calculation of the u-boot size, > this would necessitate building and flashing the nand_spl each time > along with u-boot.
Not with the solution I describe, as the once-flashed SPL would fetch the actual size from the actual u-boot. > -sughosh Amicalement, -- Albert. _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot
