From: Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>
To: Stephen Warren <swarren@wwwdotorg.org>
Cc: Nicolas Pitre <nico@fluxnic.net>,
"Fernandes, Joel A" <joelagnel@ti.com>,
Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@arm.linux.org.uk>,
linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org, tony@atomide.com,
Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>,
u-boot@lists.denx.de, Tom Rini <trini@ti.com>,
Grant Likely <glikely@secretlab.ca>,
OMAP List <linux-omap@vger.kernel.org>,
ARM Kernel List <linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [U-Boot] [RFC] Kbuild support for ARM FIT images
Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2013 20:57:46 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130221195746.70EB6200672@gemini.denx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5126778A.4040705@wwwdotorg.org>
Dear Stephen,
In message <5126778A.4040705@wwwdotorg.org> you wrote:
>
> If U-Boot always searched a disk for e.g. /boot/boot.scr or similar and
> just executed that, and there was a standard boot.scr that worked on all
> boards by use of e.g. bootz, ${soc}, ${board}, then that could be
> distro-agnostic too. And life would be simple, without the need for any
> extra build tools at all.
If the world was so simple, we could eventually do that. But it ain't
so. Just consider the typical "diskless" system that boots over the
network, using DHCP + TFTP, where the server will provide a single
file only. Or systems that require sub-second boot times, where you
don't want to spend time in running boot scripts. etc.
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-02-21 19:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 61+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-02-21 1:37 [RFC] Kbuild support for ARM FIT images Joel A Fernandes
2013-02-21 4:26 ` Stephen Warren
2013-02-21 7:15 ` Joel A Fernandes
2013-02-21 18:58 ` Stephen Warren
2013-02-21 19:18 ` Tom Rini
2013-02-21 13:29 ` Tom Rini
2013-02-21 19:03 ` Stephen Warren
2013-02-21 10:37 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2013-02-21 13:20 ` Tom Rini
2013-02-21 13:46 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2013-02-21 14:08 ` Tom Rini
2013-02-21 14:37 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2013-02-21 14:46 ` Tom Rini
2013-02-21 17:25 ` [U-Boot] " Nicolas Pitre
2013-02-21 17:40 ` Tom Rini
2013-02-21 19:21 ` [U-Boot] " Nicolas Pitre
2013-02-21 19:37 ` Stephen Warren
2013-02-21 19:57 ` Wolfgang Denk [this message]
2013-02-21 20:05 ` Stephen Warren
2013-02-21 20:18 ` Wolfgang Denk
2013-02-21 21:18 ` Nicolas Pitre
2013-02-22 0:10 ` Stephen Warren
2013-02-22 0:39 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2013-02-22 20:48 ` Stephen Warren
2013-02-21 18:27 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2013-02-21 19:08 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2013-02-21 20:15 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2013-02-21 19:57 ` Nicolas Pitre
2013-02-21 21:14 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2013-02-21 22:05 ` Nicolas Pitre
2013-02-21 23:11 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2013-02-21 23:50 ` Stephen Warren
2013-02-22 0:19 ` Scott Wood
2013-02-22 2:39 ` [U-Boot] " Jason Gunthorpe
2013-02-22 0:27 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2013-02-22 0:41 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2013-02-22 2:11 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2013-02-21 23:18 ` Wolfgang Denk
2013-02-21 23:28 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2013-02-22 0:19 ` Rob Herring
2013-02-22 2:22 ` [U-Boot] " Jason Gunthorpe
2013-02-22 3:32 ` Rob Herring
2013-02-22 7:56 ` Jason Kridner
2013-02-22 17:43 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2013-02-22 6:55 ` Wolfgang Denk
2013-02-21 23:45 ` Stephen Warren
2013-02-22 0:29 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2013-02-21 20:56 ` Peter Korsgaard
2013-02-21 17:37 ` Wolfgang Denk
2013-02-21 18:33 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2013-02-23 8:38 ` Joel A Fernandes
2013-02-22 16:00 ` Olof Johansson
2013-03-18 16:36 ` Pavel Machek
2013-03-18 16:44 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2013-03-18 17:49 ` Pavel Machek
2013-03-18 17:57 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2013-03-18 18:04 ` Pavel Machek
2013-03-18 18:14 ` [U-Boot] " Stephen Warren
2013-03-18 19:57 ` Wolfgang Denk
2013-03-18 19:51 ` Wolfgang Denk
2013-03-18 18:29 ` [U-Boot] " Tom Rini
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