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From: Russell King <rmk+lkml@arm.linux.org.uk>
To: Josh Boyer <jwboyer@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>, Ben Dooks <ben@fluff.org>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, hskinnemoen@atmel.com,
	bryan.wu@analog.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] Rework arch specific Makefiles to use mkubootimg
Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2008 16:04:45 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080104160445.GA27269@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080104054802.40325b15@zod.rchland.ibm.com>

On Fri, Jan 04, 2008 at 05:48:02AM -0600, Josh Boyer wrote:
> Rework the architecture specific Makefiles to use the in-kernel version of
> the mkubootimg tool.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Josh Boyer <jwboyer@linux.vnet.ibm.com>

>From the point of view of no overall change: Ack.

>From the point of view of whether we should have this in the kernel:
probably not.

See http://lists.arm.linux.org.uk/lurker/thread/20071203.131631.85e7a1a5.en.html#20071203.131631.85e7a1a5

for a recent discussion on the ins and outs, multiple formats, options
and so forth passed to mk(u)image.  It looks like we're heading for 5 or
6 different kernel image formats for the ARM architecture. ;(

-- 
Russell King
 Linux kernel    2.6 ARM Linux   - http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/
 maintainer of:

  parent reply	other threads:[~2008-01-04 16:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-01-03 22:01 [PATCH 0/3] Merge mkimage tool Josh Boyer
2008-01-03 22:02 ` [PATCH 1/3] Merge mkubootimg tool for building U-Boot images Josh Boyer
2008-01-03 22:15   ` Mike Frysinger
2008-01-03 22:26     ` Josh Boyer
2008-01-03 22:33       ` Mike Frysinger
2008-01-03 22:35         ` Josh Boyer
2008-01-04 16:07           ` Sam Ravnborg
2008-01-04 16:13   ` Sam Ravnborg
2008-01-04 17:26     ` [PATCH 1/3 v2] " Josh Boyer
2008-01-05 19:51       ` Sam Ravnborg
2008-01-03 22:04 ` [PATCH 2/3] Rework arch specific Makefiles to use mkubootimg Josh Boyer
2008-01-03 22:41   ` Ben Dooks
2008-01-03 22:58     ` Josh Boyer
2008-01-04  4:01       ` Paul Mundt
2008-01-04  9:19         ` Russell King
2008-01-04 10:33           ` Paul Mundt
2008-01-04 11:48             ` Josh Boyer
2008-01-04 12:07               ` Haavard Skinnemoen
2008-01-04 16:04               ` Russell King [this message]
2008-01-04 16:29                 ` Josh Boyer
2008-01-04  4:07       ` Bryan Wu
2008-01-03 22:05 ` [PATCH 3/3] Remove mkuboot.sh script Josh Boyer

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