[U-Boot-Users] [PATCH 6/17] Reorganize and fix problems (returns) in the bootm command.

Wolfgang Denk
2007-07-05T19:38:17Z

In message <468D0E3D.3000308@freescale.com> you wrote:
> Jerry Van Baren wrote:
> > We've smashed our underpinnings by uncompressing linux over our
> > interrupt vectors before the checksum catches the problem. There is no
> > way back other than a reset.
>
> Can you include this explanation as a comment in the code at the exact point this occurs?

Ummm... what exactly is not clear enough with this comment in
"common/cmd_bootm.c":

/*
* We have reached the point of no return: we are going to
* overwrite all exception vector code, so we cannot easily
* recover from any failures any more...
*/

??? Do you need additional explanations? What should be added?

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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