From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Eric Nelson Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 06:36:08 -0700 Subject: [U-Boot] ARM: Update mach-types In-Reply-To: References: <4F4BFBFC.7080200@boundarydevices.com> <4F4C7940.7020805@de.bosch.com> Message-ID: <4F4CD848.8020300@boundarydevices.com> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: u-boot@lists.denx.de On 02/28/2012 02:28 AM, Fabio Estevam wrote: > On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 3:50 AM, Dirk Behme wrote: > >> Just out of curiosity: Why do you need that? >> >> It was my understanding that with recent U-Boot and Kernel on SabreLite >> DeviceTree is the way to go? And this doesn't need the mach-types any more? > > Maybe Troy wants to also allow U-boot to load a non-DT kernel, such as > the one provided by Freescale? > That's exactly right. With the addition of a couple of small things: - machid - revision tag (used by Freescale's kernel) we can start shipping main-line U-Boot with Sabre Lite. This seems like a worthwhile step, especially for those of us switching between kernels.