[U-Boot] [U-Boot, v2, 21/27] mkimage: Support placing data outside the FIT

Tom Rini
2016-03-15T11:54:56Z

On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 10:55:53PM -0700, Simon Glass wrote:

> One limitation of FIT is that all the data is 'inline' within it, using a
> 'data' property in each image node. This means that to find out what is in
> the FIT it is necessary to scan the entire file. Once loaded it can be
> scanned and then the images can be copied to the correct place in memory.
>
> In SPL it can take a significant amount of time to copy images around in
> memory. Also loading data that does not end up being used is wasteful. It
> would be useful if the FIT were small, acting as a directory, with the
> actual data stored elsewhere.
>
> This allows SPL to load the entire FIT, without the images, then load the
> images it wants later.
>
> Add a -E option to mkimage to request that it output an 'external' FIT.
>
> Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Applied to u-boot/master, thanks!

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Tom
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