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Re: Redboot load command is crippled

From: Andrew Lunn <andrew at lunn dot ch>
To: John Clark <clarkjc at runbox dot com>
Cc: ecos-devel at sourceware dot org, asl at sourceware dot org
Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2006 17:00:49 +0100
Subject: Re: Redboot load command is crippled
References: <45605202.7020207@runbox.com>

On Sun, Nov 19, 2006 at 07:45:54AM -0500, John Clark wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Anyhow, because of the unconditional calls to valid_address() now, load 
> reports success but fails to actually write to memory outside of its 
> known range.  For a quick fix, I put a check for 
> CYGSEM_REDBOOT_VALIDATE_USER_RAM_LOADS around the calls to 
> valid_address().  Unfortunately, that breaks the load into flash feature 
> completely when address validation is disabled.

Hi John.

How does it break the load?  Please could you try the attached patch.

    Thanks

        Andrew

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