From: Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot] U-boot multi-file format
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2017 16:19:07 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170330141907.781001208D6@gemini.denx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3013204.RF8YVXT0ez@localhost.localdomain>
Dear Diego,
In message <3013204.RF8YVXT0ez@localhost.localdomain> you wrote:
>
> > Which format should be used for the ramdisk? ext3.gz initrd? cpio.gz
> > initramfs?
Actually this is independent of U-Boot.
> as I've found the solution, I'll reply myself in the hope it might help
> somebody in the future.
>
> The format can be both ext3.gz initrd, or cpio.gz, as I've seen a working
> example of ext3.gz initrd here:
It can be anything that is understood by the Linux kernel you are
trying to boot. U-Boot is just the tool that puts the image into
memory - all the rest is the responsibility of Linux.
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-03-30 14:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-03-19 22:14 [U-Boot] U-boot multi-file format Diego
2017-03-30 10:13 ` Diego
2017-03-30 14:19 ` Wolfgang Denk [this message]
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