[U-Boot-Users] ENV in NAND and in EEPROM ?

Hello,
I want to use an eeprom AND an NANDFLASH for storing the Enviroment Data.
First: The EEPROM should be connected via SPI, so I have to make a c file within the function for spi_write and spi_read to use it with the CFG_CMD_EEPROM.
right ?
Now my second question:
I want to achieve that the uboot first looks in NANDFlash, if the ENV is damaged, look at NANDFLASH_REDUNDAND area [This is what is normally implemented, I think, and it works], now if these both areas of NAND Flash are damaged, the ubbot should have a lokk at the eeprom to load its environment
Is it possible ??
What files do I have to adapt, and where´s the point in the code, where the printenv/setenv command is attached to the NANDFLASH/EEPROM Function to load the data ?
Thank you very much
Manuel

Manuel Sahm wrote:
Hello,
I want to use an eeprom AND an NANDFLASH for storing the Enviroment Data.
First: The EEPROM should be connected via SPI, so I have to make a c file within the function for spi_write and spi_read…to use it with the CFG_CMD_EEPROM.
right ?
Now my second question:
I want to achieve that the uboot first looks in NANDFlash, if the ENV is damaged, look at NANDFLASH_REDUNDAND area [This is what is normally implemented, I think, and it works], now if these both areas of NAND Flash are damaged, the ubbot should have a lokk at the eeprom to load its environment…
Why so many backup areas? Is your hardware prone to multiple mass failures? Perhaps you have a hardware problem that needs fixing.
Did you know that the U-Boot binary image itself contains the original copy of the environment? This is the safest and best backup you can use. I would use the EEPROM to load in particular changes to specific U-Boot variables.
Is it possible ??
With a little effort. Normally the environment is only stored in one place and switched on/off via #defines. I predict a fair amount of restructuring would be necessary but it depends on how you want to go about it, really.
What files do I have to adapt, and where�s the point in the code, where the printenv/setenv command is attached to the NANDFLASH/EEPROM Function to load the data ?
Do you know the "grep" command? Try "man grep".
Then try in your U-Boot source directory. # grep -r "saveenv" * or # grep -ir "environment" *
If you are able to find the code yourself then you will learn the U-Boot codebase a little better.
Aras
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