[U-Boot] [PATCH 02/14] arm: Optionally use existing atags in bootm.c

Marek Vasut
2012-01-25T21:55:25Z

> On Wednesday 25 January 2012 22:28:38 Marek Vasut wrote:
> > > On Wednesday 25 January 2012 21:55:53 Marek Vasut wrote:
> > > > must can reuse? Anyway, that's nonsense, why won't u-boot be able to
> > > > craft those atags?
> > >
> > > Maemo 5 (default OS in Nokia N900) cannot work if kernel does not have
> > > proper atags from NOLO. So if U-Boot does not reuse it, then Maemo will
> > > not boot...
> >
> > U-Boot CAN GENERATE THEM
>
> Yes, you can parse atags from NOLO and then generate new from existing...
> But why? Better and easier is copy exising and use it.

Because eventually, someone will replace nolo with u-boot and what then?

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