Wolfgang Denk wrote: > In message <FAB00A8DC59FAB42B13C2B3B0F6877010D14478B at > ehost011-3.exch011.intermedia.net> you wrote: >> I'm using uboot-1.1.4 for AMCC PPC440E Yosemite board. I've downloaded > > Note that this is off topic here. You should have posted this on the > U-Boot-Users mailing list instead. > >> this uboot from DENX site. It uses EEPROM to store environment >> variables. Since EEPROM on Yosemite board is only 512 bytes, there can >> not be more environment variables which is not very convenient. > > Thisi s wrong. The Yosemite configuration uses (like most (all?) AMCC > eval boards - two redundand flash sectors to store the environment. > And available environment size is 8 kB:
He has an older Yosemite. The original Yosemite U-Boot used the EEPROM for environment variables. > => print > ... > Environment size: 1355/8187 bytes > >> There is theoretical possibility to save these variables on flash (64M >> from which I use only part) and yosemite.h header file even has defines, >> allowing this option. But is it going work in reality? What is simplest >> way for Yosemite board to increase environment variables storage space? > > I have no idea where you got your board configuration from, but it is > definitely not current code, nor the binary image at > ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/images/amcc/yosemite/u-boot.bin > > The current code does use (redundand) flash for environment storage. > > Best regards, > > Wolfgang Denk >
