FT u-boot shim
Wolfgang Denk
wd at denx.de
Sat Apr 29 05:11:24 EST 2006
In message <EA2821E8-FB7E-4DDA-8C18-C659B5483DC2 at kernel.crashing.org>
Kumar Gala wrote:
>
> What I envision as the way one boots for something like u-boot is one
> of three options:
> 1. using an old u-boot + boot wrapper (bd_t -> wrapper -> kernel)
> 2. using a u-boot that is ft aware + dtb (boot command in u-boot
> takes kernel & dtb images, updates blob and passes to kernel)
> 3. using a u-boot that is ft aware + built in dtb.
>
> The issue is that for a given system/board you may need to support
> multiple or all three. This raises the question where does the .dts
Assuming we had 2., under which circumstances would we need 3. then?
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
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