In message 3FCDED20.12076.98E0C8@localhost you wrote:
I'm having some trouble with the lowboot config on the MPC5200LITE.
You are right. There is a bug in this configuration.
Since the u-boot image goes from FF000000 to FF035250, this would
This is the problem. The U-Boot image should never get that big. It's a bug.
Please change this:
Index: include/configs/IceCube.h =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/u-boot/include/configs/IceCube.h,v retrieving revision 1.15 diff -u -r1.15 IceCube.h --- include/configs/IceCube.h 6 Nov 2003 23:08:11 -0000 1.15 +++ include/configs/IceCube.h 3 Dec 2003 22:44:09 -0000 @@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ # define CFG_RAMBOOT 1 #endif
-#define CFG_MONITOR_LEN (256 << 10) /* Reserve 256 kB for Monitor */ +#define CFG_MONITOR_LEN (192 << 10) /* Reserve 192 kB for Monitor */ #define CFG_MALLOC_LEN (128 << 10) /* Reserve 128 kB for malloc() */ #define CFG_BOOTMAPSZ (8 << 20) /* Initial Memory map for Linux */
When I write a virgin copy of u-boot to the flash, the addresses at FF0030000 appear to hold something other than environment values. After saveenv, they
Yes, there was a configuration error which caused the environment to get embedded instead of placed at the intended location.
Is there a particular reason for having the ENV below the end of the u-boot image? Is there a better place to put it? Possibly the beginning of the next sector (0xFF040000)
The location at 0x0xFF030000 is OK (as long as U-Boot doesn't grow much); just the configuration was wrong. Sorry.
Thanks for pointing this out!
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk