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Timur Tabi wrote:
> I'm sorry, but Linux does depend on the boot loader, and U-Boot does
> need to know whether Linux is going to use 36-bit addressing.  

Why?

> That's
> just the way it works. 

What a great design philosophy!

> Linux patches that repeat what U-Boot already
> does just so that you don't need to update your U-boot are going to be
> rejected.

Who said anything about not wanting/needing to upgrade U-boot?

Micha