[PATCH 17/19] bootwrapper: compatibility layer for old U-Boots (a.k.a. cuImage, cuboot)

David Gibson david at gibson.dropbear.id.au
Thu Mar 15 10:36:27 EST 2007


On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 10:59:00AM -0500, Scott Wood wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 03:25:25PM +1100, Paul Mackerras wrote:
> > Hmmm... is ppcboot.h a direct copy of a file from somewhere else
> > (e.g. uboot), or did you construct it?  It has an *awful* lot of
> > ifdefs.  If it is a direct copy from uboot, I can see an argument for
> > keeping it as-is, but if not, I think we can come up with a better way
> > to structure things.
> 
> It's copied from asm-ppc/ppcboot.h, which was presumably copied from
> u-boot/ppcboot at some point.  It's certainly ugly, but changing it would
> break compatibility (thus negating the point of cuImage).

Presumably?  It would be nice to confirm this and see how much it
actually resembles any current file from u-boot.

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