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From: Andre Przywara <andre.przywara-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [PROPOSAL] ARM/FDT: passing multiple binaries to a kernel
Date: Wed, 04 Sep 2013 11:14:08 +0200
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On 09/04/2013 10:55 AM, Ian Campbell wrote:
> On Wed, 2013-09-04 at 10:43 +0200, Andre Przywara wrote:
>
>> I am about to write up a more elaborate technical rationale describing
>> the problems with multiboot on ARM:
>>
>> https://wiki.linaro.org/AndrePrzywara/Multiboot
>
> Doesn't seem to exist? A search for "mulitboot" doesn't seem to throw up
> the one you meant either.

Try again now. As mentioned "I am about to write ..." ;-)

Thanks,
Andre.

>>> So, is having a more generic solution really needed?
>>
>> Not necessarily needed, but useful, I think. As described above I don't
>> see any technical obstacles of doing it in a more generic way, so we
>> could as well go ahead with this. On x86 from time to time the need for
>> additional binaries pops up (early microcode loading, for instance), so
>> why not be be prepared.
>
> I agree. There have also been occasions where people doing
> disaggregation have wanted to start multiple initial domains, requiring
> additional modules at load time. I don't think being generic and
> extensible is costing too much here.
>
> Ian.
>