From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Alexandre Belloni Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2013 15:00:17 +0100 Subject: [U-Boot] imx6, spl and falcon boot In-Reply-To: <20130219113501.C056F200530@gemini.denx.de> References: <0B35E120D483BA4691BC60EACD6C7D8F012ECC27848B@USPHO-MXVS08.amer.thermo.com> <511F35F0.10601@gmail.com> <0B35E120D483BA4691BC60EACD6C7D8F012ECC221105@USPHO-MXVS08.amer.thermo.com> <20130218213635.GA3756@piout.net> <0B35E120D483BA4691BC60EACD6C7D8F012ECC22112B@USPHO-MXVS08.amer.thermo.com> <20130219112532.GB24397@piout.net> <20130219113501.C056F200530@gemini.denx.de> Message-ID: <20130219140017.GA3627@piout.net> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: u-boot@lists.denx.de On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 12:35:01PM +0100, Wolfgang Denk wrote : > Dear Alexandre Belloni, > > In message <20130219112532.GB24397@piout.net> you wrote: > > > > No, that is not supported and probably won't be. Some people will argue > > I think you are wrong. This is definitely a "not supported _yet_". > > > that you probably don't need a bootloader once you are able to boot a > > linux kernel as you can probably do everything you want from there. > > Yes, some people will think so, and some will actually do that. > Others (and I would expect these to be the majority) will realize the > benefits of being able to switch on demand (say, key press, jumper > setting, etc.) between different boot modes, boot images, etc. > > I am absolutely sure that SPL support for iMX6 will be added rather > sooner than later. > Yeah, don't misinterpret me, I was just saying that it will not be supported in whoosh. I also believe that SPL and falcon mode will come to i.mx6 and I'm also interested in getting that support ;) -- Alexandre Belloni