[U-Boot-Users] How to boot Multi-file image?

Wolfgang Denk
2005-08-29T08:37:40Z

In message <6.2.1.2.0.20050829091939.030665a0@192.168.2.1> you wrote:
>
> To boot single-file images I applied a patch released by Russell King to load
> the ramdisk image directly from a MTD partition. The kernel is
...
> >Copying from rom to ram will work, as long as the image file is a raw gzip
...
> We use this technique with our ARM7-based platforms.

Is there any spoecial reason for *not* fixing the kernel to accept a
ramdisk image in flash? The required changes have been posted before;
ok, this was for a 2.4 kernel, but it's not exactly rocket science.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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