FT u-boot shim

[Wolfgang Denk]

In message <17490.42678.793678.267072 at cargo.ozlabs.ibm.com> you wrote:
>
> > > 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.
...
> I imagine 3. would be more convenient for users than 2., or at least
> it would seem to mean less typing for them.

This is not necessarily the case. We discussed that kernel & dtb
could be combined in what U-Boot calls a single "multi-file image".
>From the user's point of view there would be no difference to the
current state: he has to deal with a single image file, and needs
only it's start address in emory as argument to the "bootm" command.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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