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Subject: Re: mib0 flash partition TL-WDR3600
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On 13.10.2015 00:51, Adrian Chadd wrote:
> Yes. The bootloader doesn't care what you do as long as:
> 
> * you don't overwrite uboot;
> * you don't ovewrite uboot-env if it exists;
> * you put the "uboot application" (ie, the kernel) in the right place
> (which on these devices is at the beginning of the usable flash area);
> and
> * don't ovewrite ART.
> 
> Just make sure you erase the extra space before you write into it. :)

I don't see how cfg_save erases flash before writing.