[U-Boot] [PATCH 1/2] image: Implement IH_TYPE_KERNEL_ANYLOAD

Marek Vasut
2011-11-10T17:47:17Z

> On 11/10/2011 10:01 AM, Marek Vasut wrote:
> >> On 11/10/2011 02:58 AM, Marek Vasut wrote:
> >>>> [Description of IH_TYPE_KERNEL_ANYLOAD]
> >>>
> >>> just a silly question, but didn't we agree on cmd_bootz? Or is this
> >>> unrelated ?
> >>
> >> bootz did seem to be agreed upon initially, but Wolfgang's most recent
> >> response suggested that a new IH_TYPE would be acceptable, and it's a
> >> lot less code to implement. At a later point, bootz could still be
> >> implemented if desired.
> >
> > Well DAMN. I think I'll probably implement bootz, because it seems
> > superior solution which I DID NEED for one of my devices for a while now
> > (if noone is working on it already). I can't say what ETA will be on
> > that, maybe next week, maybe two weeks.
>
> Out of curiosity, why doesn't this bootm feature work for you?
> Admittedly you still need to wrap the zImage inside a uImage, but I
> don't think that's insurmountable? Aside from that, doesn't it work
> exactly like a bootz command would?

Do you still have those +12bytes (sizeof(uImage header)) offset there? I don't
like it. Also, I think using zImage might be plain easier.

M