FT u-boot shim

[Kumar Gala]

On Apr 29, 2006, at 3:37 AM, Wolfgang Denk wrote:

> In message <20060429005231.GH458 at smtp.west.cox.net> you wrote:
>>
>>> In my understanding, 1. is with a shim; 2. is loading a separate   
>>> dtb
>>> (probably  as  multi-file  image), and 3. is when U-Boot provides  
>>> the
>>> dtb. Am I missing something?
>>
>> I'm suggesting that we make 2 easier.  U-Boot needs the file  
>> mkuimage'd
>> anyways.  Why not make it easier and make adding the dtb part of that
>> step instead of a seperate load?  It's still quite easy to replace if
>> you're testing new dtb's out.
>
> But that's what I'm trying to  tell  you  all  the  time.  An  U-Boot
> multi-file  image is a single file (=no separate load) which combines
> several files (similar to a  tarball),  here  the  kernel  +  dtb  (+
> eventually ramdisk).

This was my intent for #2.  You could either provide an explicit  
image or use a multi-file image.  I was going to look at having the  
default build target that we use for uImage create a multi file image  
(kernel & dtb) so the user still only sees one image.

- kumar