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>=20
> Hi,
>=20
>   Just wondering - is it possible to use U-Boot on the Xilinx XUPV2PRO
>   board or any similar tools (such as libfdt?) to copy a Linux kernel
and
>=20
>   ramdisk filesystem from a SystemACE card to memory, uncompress them
and
>=20
>   boot the Linux kernel etc?? If so is there any notes/docs about how
to
> do
>   this or similar online anywhere?
>=20
>   Any info. appreciated,
>   Regards&Thanks,
>   Alan.

In theory, yes...  All the infrastructure to do this exists, but I don't
know of anyone who as actually tried it yet with ARCH=3Dpowerpc kernels.
There=20

Steve