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On 04/11/2013 01:50 PM, Ira W. Snyder wrote:

> I use a hardware setup which sounds similar to yours. The DHCP server
> controls which file is sent to each card.
>
> I use the FIT image format to combine a kernel, dtb, and initrd in one
> package.
>
> <snip>
>
> I used the U-Boot doc/uImage.FIT/*.its examples to get started, and
> wrote my own custom .its file for my board. I don't use anything other
> than the vmlinux.bin.gz provided by the kernel build.

Okay, that's a good data point, thanks.

Chris