Re: [PATCH v2] powerpc: mpc: Put U-Boot version string at correct place by linker script

Christophe Leroy
2021-08-24T05:03:36Z

Le 08/08/2021 à 13:36, Pali Rohár a écrit :
> Christophe, could you please review this change? According to your commit
> https://source.denx.de/u-boot/u-boot/-/commit/907208c452999427cb2f43450308045bf8b42958
> mpc8xx code will have to be maintained until at least 2027.
>
> On Sunday 08 August 2021 13:20:38 Pali Rohár wrote:
>> It is unknown why version string is placed at specific position on these
>> powerpc mpc platforms.
>
> Also, could you look at this, why version string is at specific location
> of u-boot.bin header?

I have no idea. AFAIKS it's been like that since the first version in git in 2002. Maybe Wolfgang
has the answer ?

Christophe