[U-Boot] [PATCH V2] add README.distro file

[Ian Campbell <ijc@hellion.org.uk>]

On Sun, 2014-12-28 at 09:26 +0000, Ian Campbell wrote:
> > +boot_scripts:
> > +
> > +  The name of U-Boot style boot.scr files that $bootcmd searches for.
> > +
> > +  Example: boot.scr.uimg boot.scr
> > +
> > +  (Typically we expect extlinux.conf to be used, but execution of boot.scr is
> > +  maintained for backwards-compatibility.)
> 
> I'm slightly concerned by the implied deprecation of the boot.scr method
> here, since at least Debian uses boot.scr exclusively and not the
> extlinux stuff. Will boot.scr be maintained going forward or are there
> plans to eventually remove it?

Can someone confirm that there is no long term plan to drop boot.scr
support?


>  I hope it will remain, in which case I'd
> be happier if this parenthetical were remove or replaced with something
> like "(not used in extlinux.conf mode)".