From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bartlomiej Sieka Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2008 17:05:25 +0100 Subject: [U-Boot-Users] RFC: new bootm syntax In-Reply-To: <20080108145205.9D60F6F002A@nyx.denx.de> References: <20080108145205.9D60F6F002A@nyx.denx.de> Message-ID: <47839F45.2090106@semihalf.com> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: u-boot@lists.denx.de Wolfgang Denk wrote: [...] >>> Note: the officially documented method to start a standalone program >>> is "go". >> Well, there's quite a bit of support for standalone applications outside >> of the "go" command. For example current image format has provisions for > > I know, but as mentioned above, this is not really documented (which > means a deficiency on the decoumentation). > >> it; from include/image.h: >> dress of new uImage D new >> >> uImage sub-image specification E new uImag >> /* >> * Image Types >> * >> * "Standalone Programs" are directly runnable in the environment >> * provided by U-Boot; it is expected that (if they behave >> * well) you can continue to work in U-Boot after return from >> * the Standalone Program. > > I guess there was a problem with what you intended to quote? Yes, sorry. I meant: " Well, there's quite a bit of support for standalone applications outside of the "go" command. For example current image format has provisions for it; from include/image.h: /* * Image Types * * "Standalone Programs" are directly runnable in the environment * provided by U-Boot; it is expected that (if they behave * well) you can continue to work in U-Boot after return from * the Standalone Program. " Regards, Bartlomiej