[U-Boot-Users] flash hardware protection with CFI driver does not autoprotect monitor completely

Stefan Roese
2007-11-19T06:14:44Z

On Sunday 18 November 2007, Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> > > I think as a short term fix we might define an additional area that
> > > needs to be protected (the reset vector). Mid/long term we should
> > > change the code so you can pass a list of areas (start/end or
> > > start/length pairs) that will be protected. This would, for example,
> > > also allow to keep certain other areas (FDT, kernel image, etc.)
> > > auto-protected as well - configurable by the user ona per-board base.
> >
> > Sometinhg like this?
> >
> > Add this to board's config file:
> > #define CONFIG_FLASH_AUTOPROTECT_LIST {{0xfffe0000, 0xffffffff},
> > {0xfe000000, 0xfe0fffff}}
>
> Yes, that's what I meant, although I have to admit that my personal
> preference would be to use { start, size } instead.
>
> What do you (and others) think?

Yes, I would prefer size too. This would lead to something like this on 4xx
boards:

#define CONFIG_FLASH_AUTOPROTECT_LIST { {CFG_MONITOR_BASE, CFG_MONITOR_LEN} }

Thanks.

Viele Gr??e,
Stefan

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