Re: [Gumstix-users] Palo43 + Overo Earth resolution boot arguments?

[Steve S. <sa...@gm...>]

On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 3:24 PM, gnmckinney <gar...@gm...> wrote:
>
> Steve,
>
> Thanks for the quick responses!
>
> Now - just one more dumb (grin) question.
>
> Where is all of this documented?  That way I don't have to ask really dumb
> questions!
>

As with all open source, the code is the documentation ;-)

Seriously though, when I get a chance I'll throw something up on
gumstix.net.  I'm quite swamped right now.

Steve

> gm...
>
>
> sakoman wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 2:00 PM, gnmckinney <gar...@gm...>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Steve,
>>>
>>> The changes you have outlined here affect??
>>>
>>> 1. The on board Nand memory or the u-boot file on a microSD card - assume
>>> running from a microSD card and not the on-board Nand memory???
>>
>> All versions of u-boot store their env in the nand env partition.
>> Don't complain to me - that's just the way the u-boot folks like it
>> :-) They don't allow any writable file systems.
>>
>>> Personally I don't want to affect the Nand on board memory if it can be
>>> helped - makes it much easier to revert back to DVI output without having
>>> to
>>> resort to changing the boot env settings if that is possible.
>>
>> That's why I set things up so that u-boot looks for a boot.scr file
>> (in u-boot script format) on microSD and, if present, executes it.
>> Use that facility to set up the environment just the way you like it
>> for your microSD based u-boot.  Otherwise all u-boots will use the
>> nand env partition.
>>
>>> If having to setup the boot env means making the changes on the Nand
>>> memory
>>> is it possible to setup the U-Boot boot loader to store the information
>>> instead on the microSD card???
>>
>> See above.
>>
>> Steve
>>
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