FT u-boot shim
Tom Rini
trini at kernel.crashing.org
Sat Apr 29 05:44:57 EST 2006
On Fri, Apr 28, 2006 at 09:11:24PM +0200, Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> 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?
Especially if we had mkuimage let you tack your dtb into the 'kernel'
image.
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