[U-Boot-Users] Error: end address not on sector boundary

Hurricane555
2006-06-06T17:14:25Z

Jerry Van Baren wrote:
>
> Hurricane555 wrote:
>>
>> Nuno Jo?o (Ext_NBS) wrote:
>>>> From: u-boot-users-bounces at lists.sourceforge.net
>>>> [mailto:u-boot-users-bounces at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf
>>>> Of Hurricane555
>>>> Sent: ter?a-feira, 6 de Junho de 2006 8:48
>>>> To: u-boot-users at lists.sourceforge.net
>>>> Subject: Re: [U-Boot-Users] Error: end address not on sector boundary
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Now I changed my settings as follows:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> #define PHYS_FLASH_SIZE 0x000400000 /* 4 MB */
>>>> ...
>>>
>>> This is mine:
>>>
>>> #define CFG_ENV_IS_IN_FLASH 1
>>> #define CFG_ENV_SECT_SIZE 0x40000 /* 256K (one sector) for env
>>> */
>>> #define CFG_ENV_SIZE CFG_ENV_SECT_SIZE
>>> #define CFG_ENV_ADDR 0xffe00000
>>>
>>> I have a 256KB sized-sector flash, u-boot (512KB) at 0xFFF80000
>>> (at the end of flash) and the environment at 0xFFE00000 (1 sector).
>>>
>>>
>>>> Now I can make saveenv, but after restart the bootloader is damaged!
>>> This probably means that you're setting your environment to
>>> overlap u-boot's flash area. Check your memory map and (re-)read
>>> the file README in u-boot's root directory about the environment's
>>> configuration defines.
>>>
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> U-Boot-Users mailing list
>>> U-Boot-Users at lists.sourceforge.net
>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/u-boot-users
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Hmmmm.... I see what my mistake was!
>> My ENV was on the same address like U-BOOT!
>>
>>
>> U-BOOT is now on address 50000000. The ENV on 50010000!
>>
>> I checked this address and I was clear! No data was on it, so I thougt I
>> could use the section for my ENV. But when I make saveenv the bootloader
>> is
>> dead!? Why?
>
> According to the above, your sector size is 0x40000 (256K) but you
> stored your ENV at u-boot + 0x10000 (64K) which is in the same sector as
> u-boot. When you erased your ENV area, you inadvertently erased u-boot
> as well since it is all in one sector.
>
> gvb
>
>>> no, you are wrong! At the beginning of my Flash the first four sectors
>>> have different size! The first 8000 ( 32K ) the second and the third
>>> 4000 (16k) and the fourth 10000 (64k) and the rest 31 sectors 20000
>>> (128k )
>
> flinfo
>
> Bank # 1: CFI conformant FLASH (32 x 16) Size: 4 MB in 35 Sectors
> Erase timeout 16384 ms, write timeout 0 ms, buffer write timeout 1 ms,
> buffer s
> ize 1
> Sector Start Addresses:
> 50000000 50008000 5000C000 50010000 (RO) 50020000
> 50040000 50060000 50080000 500A0000 500C0000
> 500E0000 50100000 50120000 50140000 50160000
> 50180000 501A0000 501C0000 501E0000 50200000
> 50220000 50240000 50260000 50280000 502A0000
> 502C0000 502E0000 50300000 50320000 50340000
> 50360000 50380000 503A0000 503C0000 503E0000
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> U-Boot-Users mailing list
> U-Boot-Users at lists.sourceforge.net
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/u-boot-users
>
>
--
View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Error%3A-end-address-not-on-sector-boundary-t1731654.html#a4737358