From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-out.m-online.net (mail-out.m-online.net [212.18.0.9]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 02035679F0 for ; Thu, 27 Apr 2006 05:19:59 +1000 (EST) To: Kumar Gala From: Wolfgang Denk Subject: Re: FT u-boot shim Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 26 Apr 2006 09:37:09 CDT." Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 21:19:57 +0200 Sender: wd@denx.de Message-Id: <20060426191957.14C4F353DAC@atlas.denx.de> Cc: "linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org list" List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , In message you wrote: > > I think thats part of the idea with arch/powerpc defining a standard > mechanism for how a boot loader should pass information to the kernel > (via a flat device tree). Yet another standard. > How would you propose that we handle booting arch/powerpc kernels > from u-boot going forward? (for new board ports and existing board > ports). Ideally, I'd like to see a common kernel interface for all archi- tectures, PowerPC and ARM and MIPS and ... But last time I dared to suggest this I've been told what a nincompoop I am. I will accept what is decided by the P.T.B., but I request not to break backwards compatibility with existing systems. Best regards, Wolfgang Denk -- Software Engineering: Embedded and Realtime Systems, Embedded Linux Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: wd@denx.de Monday is an awful way to spend one seventh of your life.