current U-Boot version

    Hello at all


    what is the current version number from the boot loader U-Boot?


    The installed version in BSP1.1 is from 2008.10 and seams to be very old and obsolet.


    Is there a newer version implemented for the Picocom1-modul?



    Best regards
    G.Kollmann

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    what is the current version number from the boot loader U-Boot?


    This depends on the board. The boot loader and all other software is usually ported when a board is newly released. Then later there are only minor changes and updates, probably even none.


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    The installed version in BSP1.1 is from 2008.10 and seams to be very old and obsolet.


    Why obsolete? A boot loader is meant to start the board and as long as the board does not change, why should the boot loader?


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    Is there a newer version implemented for the Picocom1-modul?


    None that I know of. But this is Linux and OpenSource. You have the source code of the U-Boot that is used on the PicoCOM1, therefore you can always port a new version of U-Boot to the PicoCOM1 and apply the modifications of our supplied U-Boot again. But what do you expect from a new U-Boot that is not already there in the supplied one?


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    Thanks for relpy


    Inside the boot loader the flash routines reside and I've problmes when Linux mounts this flash partition programmed with u-boot.


    The idea was that a propably little bug inside the flash routines may be solved in a newer version.
    Or just add verify to the write functions.


    I'll have a look in the code.


    best regards
    Günter