[U-Boot] [PATCH v2 REPOST 2/3] image: Implement IH_TYPE_KERNEL_REL

[Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>]

Dear Stephen Warren,

In message <74CDBE0F657A3D45AFBB94109FB122FF173D51BE0F@HQMAIL01.nvidia.com> you wrote:
>
> > Here are a few comments which may or may not be useful. In general it
> > seems that the need to reduce code size change to absolute minimum is
> > making the code a bit painful. Maybe relax that by a few 10s of bytes?
> 
> Wolfgang,
> 
> You had asked for this config option. How strongly do you feel about it;
> should it eliminate absolutely all size increase, or should I simplify
> the code a bit and remove some of the ifdefs?

Please give me a bit more context - how much is "a few 10s of bytes",
and which exact parts of the code are we talkign about?


In general, adding "a few 10s of bytes" of code without direct benefit
to the user is something we don't accept.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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