[PATCH 17/19] bootwrapper: compatibility layer for old U-Boots (a.k.a. cuImage, cuboot)
Scott Wood
scottwood at freescale.com
Wed Mar 14 02:28:20 EST 2007
On Mon, Mar 12, 2007 at 02:42:04PM -0600, Scott Wood wrote:
> +config CUIMAGE_DTS
> + string "Device tree source file"
> + depends on DEFAULT_UIMAGE
> + help
> + This specifies the device tree source (.dts) file to be
> + compiled and included when building the cuImage target. If a
> + relative filename is given, then it will be relative to
> + arch/powerpc/boot/dts.
> +
> + The cuImage target is used for booting on older U-Boot (and
> + PPCBoot) bootloaders that pass a bd_t instead of a device tree.
> + Such a kernel will not work with a newer U-Boot that passes the
> + device tree itself. If your U-Boot does not mention a device
> + tree in "help bootm", then use the uImage target instead of
> + cuImage.
Oops, this should say, 'If your U-Boot does not mention a device tree in
"help bootm", then use the cuImage target. Otherwise, use uImage.'
-Scott
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