From: Sean MacLennan <smaclennan@pikatech.com>
To: "Stefan Roese" <sr@denx.de>
Cc: u-boot@lists.denx.de,
Norbert van Bolhuis <nvbolhuis@aimvalley.nl>,
linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: [U-Boot] NAND only (no NOR)
Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2008 01:38:18 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20081203013818.016619b6@lappy.seanm.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200812030648.57618.sr@denx.de>
On Wed, 3 Dec 2008 06:48:57 +0100
"Stefan Roese" <sr@denx.de> wrote:
> Currently you need to define the page-size of the NAND used for
> booting (512 bytes vs. 2k). The 2k 4xx NAND booting support is was
> done about 1/2 a year ago. So perhaps you tested this when this 2k
> support was not available yet.
We are running 1.3.0, so you are probably right. It may no longer be a
problem.
> Yes, I would recommend to do it this way if possible. A small NOR for
> U-Boot and environment and everything else in NAND. This makes things
> much easier. But I understand that this is sometimes a problem with
> space (2 FLASH chips) and costs.
Mainly cost. We didn't want to pay for a second chip.
Cheers,
Sean
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-12-03 6:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-12-02 8:55 NAND only (no NOR) Norbert van Bolhuis
2008-12-02 9:31 ` [U-Boot] " Alessandro Rubini
2008-12-03 2:50 ` Sean MacLennan
2008-12-03 5:48 ` [U-Boot] " Stefan Roese
2008-12-03 6:38 ` Sean MacLennan [this message]
2008-12-03 7:40 ` Trent Piepho
2008-12-03 13:57 ` Leon Woestenberg
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