[U-Boot-Users] Re: FT u-boot shim

Pantelis Antoniou
2006-04-27T22:28:28Z

On Friday 28 April 2006 01:12, Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> [linuxppc-dev removed, this is off topic there.]
>
> In message <44513DC1.8040608@orkun.us> you wrote:
> >
> > How would you like to handle the case when dts is packed into
> > multi-image file? Is bootm going to assume that the 3rd Image is dts?
>
> With Ramdisk: kernel is 1st, ramdisk is 2nd, and dts is an optional
> 3rd file.
> Without ramdisk: kernel is 1st, and dts is an optional 2nd file.
>
> The image type will be used to find out what is what.
>
> > Since dts is tightly coupled to kernel I would prefer something like:
> >
> > bootm <kernel_addr>[:<dts_addr>] <ramdisk_addr>
>
> That would be an option, too, but I think my proposal is easier to
> remember, especially when thinking of the multi-file image case.
>

It won't work.

The blob must contain the ethernet mac addresses for example...

>
> Best regards,
>
> Wolfgang Denk
>

Regards

Pantelis