From: linux@arm.linux.org.uk (Russell King - ARM Linux)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/6] arm/imx6q: add core definitions and low-level debug uart
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 15:14:41 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110912141440.GC7007@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20110912084439.GO31404@pengutronix.de>
On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 10:44:39AM +0200, Sascha Hauer wrote:
> I vote to skip params_phys and initrd_phys now. Every recent bootloader
> does not need them. As the i.MX6 is a new SoC, we have no reason to
> handle legacy bootloaders.
Can we stop this misunderstanding right now.
It's NOT about legacy boot loaders. It's about the bootp code which
allows an initrd to be packaged up together with a zImage file as one
single file.
That's used to be able to boot with an initrd on platforms which can
only obtain one file from the boot media, and they specify where the
parameters are expected to be (which can be solved by updating the
code to use r2) and where to place the initrd image (which can't be
solved as it would mean encoding memory information for every platform
into the bootp code.)
An example of a current boot loader which requires this: Simtec's Able
boot loader.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-09-12 14:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 69+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-09-06 9:58 [PATCH 0/6] add initial imx6q support Shawn Guo
2011-09-06 9:58 ` [PATCH 1/6] arm/imx6q: add device tree source Shawn Guo
2011-09-06 18:31 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-09-07 11:16 ` Shawn Guo
2011-09-06 9:58 ` [PATCH 2/6] arm/imx6q: add core definitions and low-level debug uart Shawn Guo
2011-09-06 18:39 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-09-07 8:50 ` Shawn Guo
2011-09-06 20:25 ` Uwe Kleine-König
2011-09-07 11:00 ` Shawn Guo
2011-09-07 12:36 ` Uwe Kleine-König
2011-09-07 14:23 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-09-07 15:36 ` Nicolas Pitre
2011-09-08 14:56 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-09-09 17:28 ` Tony Lindgren
2011-09-12 2:30 ` Shawn Guo
2011-09-12 7:41 ` Uwe Kleine-König
2011-09-12 8:43 ` Shawn Guo
2011-09-12 8:44 ` Sascha Hauer
2011-09-12 11:36 ` Shawn Guo
2011-09-12 14:14 ` Russell King - ARM Linux [this message]
2011-09-17 11:59 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-09-15 1:24 ` Shawn Guo
2011-09-06 9:58 ` [PATCH 3/6] arm/imx6q: add core drivers clock, gpc, mmdc and src Shawn Guo
2011-09-06 19:14 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-09-07 6:05 ` Shawn Guo
2011-09-07 7:56 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-09-12 16:12 ` Shawn Guo
2011-09-12 19:40 ` Grant Likely
2011-09-12 20:28 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-09-12 21:04 ` Grant Likely
2011-09-13 0:07 ` Shawn Guo
2011-09-07 12:43 ` Barry Song
2011-09-08 6:48 ` Shawn Guo
2011-09-11 2:28 ` Barry Song
2011-09-12 19:16 ` Grant Likely
2011-09-12 9:46 ` Sascha Hauer
2011-09-12 11:49 ` Shawn Guo
2011-09-12 12:36 ` Uwe Kleine-König
2011-09-12 12:40 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-09-12 14:27 ` Shawn Guo
2011-09-15 1:26 ` Shawn Guo
2011-09-06 9:58 ` [PATCH 4/6] arm/imx6q: add smp and cpu hotplug support Shawn Guo
2011-09-06 18:53 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-09-07 4:41 ` Shawn Guo
2011-09-07 5:08 ` Shilimkar, Santosh
2011-09-07 7:46 ` Shawn Guo
2011-09-06 9:58 ` [PATCH 5/6] arm/imx6q: add device tree machine support Shawn Guo
2011-09-06 18:55 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-09-07 3:07 ` Shawn Guo
2011-09-07 7:26 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-09-06 9:58 ` [PATCH 6/6] arm/imx6q: add suspend/resume support Shawn Guo
2011-09-06 18:56 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-09-07 13:50 ` Barry Song
2011-09-08 6:23 ` Shawn Guo
2011-09-08 7:47 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-09-08 15:22 ` Shawn Guo
2011-09-08 16:24 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-09-08 17:09 ` Lorenzo Pieralisi
2011-09-09 7:40 ` Shawn Guo
2011-09-09 6:31 ` Barry Song
2011-09-09 7:32 ` Shawn Guo
2011-09-09 8:15 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-09-09 10:15 ` Shawn Guo
2011-09-09 18:47 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-09-06 18:28 ` [PATCH 0/6] add initial imx6q support Arnd Bergmann
2011-09-06 19:42 ` Uwe Kleine-König
2011-09-07 2:55 ` Shawn Guo
2011-09-07 9:39 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-09-07 2:51 ` Shawn Guo
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