From: Heiko Schocher <hs@denx.de>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot] U-boot SPL direct Linux boot
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 13:37:07 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4E0C5FE3.10300@denx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <BANLkTiknCo2GZOGU1nU4m6DXq7t0bQZ2fQ@mail.gmail.com>
Hello Simon,
Simon Schwarz wrote:
> for my bachelor thesis I will implement a direct Linux boot from U-Boot SPL.
> My current plan is to utilize do_bootm_[OS].
>
> Simplest solution is to direct boot Linux/other OS and just boot
> u-boot when a key is pressed. In addition i will also have some tests
> (header check/CRC) - if they fail start u-boot.
>
> IMHO this may also be of interest for the new SPL architecture.
>
> Are there already implementations I am not aware of? Any comments on
> what I should also add? Problems I may not see?
I tried this on an davinci dm368 based board (not in mainline yet,
but patches for the board support coming soon), with the following
patch:
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-06-30 11:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-06-30 10:32 [U-Boot] U-boot SPL direct Linux boot Simon Schwarz
2011-06-30 11:37 ` Heiko Schocher [this message]
2011-06-30 13:44 ` Simon Schwarz
2011-07-03 20:42 ` Wolfgang Denk
2011-07-01 9:17 ` Simon Schwarz
2011-07-01 13:28 ` Detlev Zundel
2011-07-01 13:57 ` Simon Schwarz
2011-07-01 16:42 ` Simon Schwarz
2011-07-04 6:34 ` Grant Likely
2011-07-05 12:44 ` Simon Schwarz
2011-07-03 20:37 ` Wolfgang Denk
2011-07-01 15:45 ` Wolfgang Denk
2011-07-01 17:04 ` Igor Grinberg
2011-07-01 17:36 ` Simon Schwarz
2011-07-01 17:40 ` Simon Schwarz
2011-07-03 20:51 ` Wolfgang Denk
2011-07-03 20:49 ` Wolfgang Denk
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