From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Wolfgang Denk Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 11:31:23 +0200 Subject: [U-Boot-Users] u-boot and Linux kernel forward compatibility is unsure? In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 30 May 2008 01:00:30 +0200." Message-ID: <20080530093123.279872430A@gemini.denx.de> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: u-boot@lists.denx.de In message you wrote: > > I wonder if this is a common use and if it makes sense to implement > this for mainstream u-boot, or is this very specific? This is common use, and U-Boot already support it. See the bootcount feature (http://www.denx.de/wiki/view/DULG/UBootBootCountLimit), and read about alternative images in the new image format (doc/uImage.FIT/*). Best regards, Wolfgang Denk -- DENX Software Engineering GmbH, MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: wd at denx.de They're usually so busy thinking about what happens next that the only time they ever find out what is happening now is when they come to look back on it. - Terry Pratchett, _Wyrd Sisters_