[U-Boot] [PATCH v3 7/8] imximage: Add MX53 boot image support

Wolfgang Denk
2010-12-31T08:14:28Z

Dear Jason Liu,

In message <AANLkTinnfXd26YRCiwfNbT5Lx9aY5KXiHBOLSc8jGse4@mail.gmail.com> you wrote:
>
> But, I did think again about your comments. If we store the version
> into the header which
> will make the version check more easier, the side-effect is that we
> store some boot
> ROM useless information into the header, but which should not bring some issues.
>
> mkimage -l can work with the actual images if the version info stored
> into the head.

Be careful.

> Here is the log I get:
>
> r64343 at r64343-desktop:~/work_space/u-boot-upstream/u-boot$
> ./tools/mkimage -l u-boot.imx
> Image Type: Freescale IMX Boot Image
> Image Ver: 1 (i.MX25/35/51 compatible)
> Data Size: 170936 Bytes = 166.93 kB = 0.16 MB
> Load Address: 977ff7fc
> Entry Point: 97800000
>
> What's you comments?

This looks as if you added something to the standard 64 byte image
header. You must not modify this. It is fixed for all architectures
and cannot be extended.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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