In message 43C7FF53.7020809@comcast.net you wrote:
I have a question regarding the functionality provided byENV_IS_EMBEDDED. Currently, this value is computed only for the case CFG_ENV_IS_IN_FLASH defined in environment.h, and is based on the flash
Yes, because it can only be located in the middle of the U-Boot image in flash if the environment is stored itself in flash - you cannot have this if the environment is, for example, sotred in a EEPROM.
addresses of the environment being defined as inside the executing addresses of u-boot. This seems to be designed for the case where u-boot is executed out of flash and not copied into ram for execution. There is
Wrong. This has nothing to do with execution, just with storage.
an old configuration variable, CFG_ENV_IS_EMBEDDED, that appears to be non-functional and deprecated. I am working with u-boot for the Analog Devices Blackfin chip, which has not yet been submitted to mainstream
I think I remember to have seen patches here on the list - search the archives, please.
(AFAIK). The code directly defines ENV_IS_EMBEDDED to force that functionality even though it is copied to ram for execution (and thereby
This has nothing to do with execution.
My question is: What is your opinion of this approach? It seems
You misunderstand the function.
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk