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From: Heiko Schocher <hs@denx.de>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot] U-boot SPL direct Linux boot
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 13:37:07 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4E0C5FE3.10300@denx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <BANLkTiknCo2GZOGU1nU4m6DXq7t0bQZ2fQ@mail.gmail.com>

Hello Simon,

Simon Schwarz wrote:
> for my bachelor thesis I will implement a direct Linux boot from U-Boot SPL.
> My current plan is to utilize do_bootm_[OS].
> 
> Simplest solution is to direct boot Linux/other OS and just boot
> u-boot when a key is pressed. In addition i will also have some tests
> (header check/CRC) - if they fail start u-boot.
> 
> IMHO this may also be of interest for the new SPL architecture.
> 
> Are there already implementations I am not aware of? Any comments on
> what I should also add? Problems I may not see?

I tried this on an davinci dm368 based board (not in mainline yet,
but patches for the board support coming soon), with the following
patch:

  reply	other threads:[~2011-06-30 11:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-06-30 10:32 [U-Boot] U-boot SPL direct Linux boot Simon Schwarz
2011-06-30 11:37 ` Heiko Schocher [this message]
2011-06-30 13:44   ` Simon Schwarz
2011-07-03 20:42     ` Wolfgang Denk
2011-07-01  9:17 ` Simon Schwarz
2011-07-01 13:28   ` Detlev Zundel
2011-07-01 13:57     ` Simon Schwarz
2011-07-01 16:42       ` Simon Schwarz
2011-07-04  6:34         ` Grant Likely
2011-07-05 12:44           ` Simon Schwarz
2011-07-03 20:37       ` Wolfgang Denk
2011-07-01 15:45     ` Wolfgang Denk
2011-07-01 17:04   ` Igor Grinberg
2011-07-01 17:36     ` Simon Schwarz
2011-07-01 17:40       ` Simon Schwarz
2011-07-03 20:51         ` Wolfgang Denk
2011-07-03 20:49       ` Wolfgang Denk

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