[U-Boot-Users] [PATCH] Pass full u-boot environment to booting kernel

Wolfgang Denk
2004-09-15T15:00:15Z

In message <Pine.LNX.4.61.0409151552180.4098@mag.sysgo.com> you wrote:
>
> I must have misunderstood you: didn't you want a solution that is
> available on PPC, ARM and MIPS? It is not at all likely that the ARM

Yes.

> folks give up their ATAGs in favour of PPCs bi_recs because of a

So this discussion should probably take place on lkml instead? ;-)

> boot-loader, let alone one they never wanted in the first place. Even
> given that ATAG's and bi_recs are essentially the same, it will hardly
> allow U-Boots implementation nor the kernel API to have much common
> code.

You got an important point here: ATAG's and bi_recs _are_ essentially
the same, except for the name. I have no preference for either of
these names, and I will not complain the the PowerPC and MIPS
soultions use something which is called ATAG, too.

> >From that point of view, Pantelis's proposal looks much more generic,
> and people are willing to develop it now.

I see what it can do, but I see also all the problems that are
involved. If we implement something new, then please let's do it
right: let's actually try to learn from all the previous discussions
and implementations and create something which does not introduce new
known problems, and which is not restricted to a specific boot
loader.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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