Changes between Version 8 and Version 9 of ventana/bootloader

Timestamp:

11/29/2018 08:20:18 PM (5 years ago)

Author:

Tim Harvey

Comment:

added more comments to env section and fix typo in nand flash map

ventana/bootloader

@@ -276 +276 @@
 
 The partitioning scheme Gateworks uses for NAND flash storage is as follows:
-||= Start =||= Size =||= Usage                  =||
+||= Start =||= Len =||= Usage                  =||
 || 0K      || 14MB   || SPL                      ||
 || 14MB    || 16MB   || U-Boot                   ||
@@ -461 +461 @@
 [=#uboot-envtools]
 === U-Boot envtools (fw_printenv / fw_setenv) ===
-The {{{uboot-envtools}}} {{{ u-boot-tools #in Ubuntu}}} package provides tools to allow reading and writing to U-Boot's env variables provided you have a proper configuration file.
+The {{{fw_printenv}}} and {{{fw_setenv}}} tools from U-Boot provide a way to allow reading and writing to U-Boot's env variables provided you have a proper configuration file. On OpenWrt these are in the  {{{uboot-envtools}}} package and on Ubuntu they are in the {{{u-boot-tools}}} package. 
 
 Assuming your using a board with NAND flash as the primary boot device and the U-Boot env is in the 2nd partition the following shows a valid config file:
@@ -471 +471 @@
 mtd2: 7ef00000 00040000 "rootfs"
 cat /etc/fw_env.config
+# device  offset size erasesize
 /dev/mtd1 0x0 0x20000 0x40000
 /dev/mtd1 0x80000 0x20000 0x40000
@@ -478 +479 @@
 {{{#!bash
 cat /etc/fw_env.config
+# device  offset size erasesize
 /dev/mmcblk0 0xb1400 0x20000 0x20000
 /dev/mmcblk0 0xd1400 0x20000 0x20000