[PATCH v2 3/3] powerpc: Add support for ram filesystems in FIT uImages

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Sun Jan 3 21:12:50 EST 2010


Dear Grant Likely,

In message <fa686aa41001022113o46bad9d2xf6c026f5fa3e8677 at mail.gmail.com> you wrote:
>
> > Let's make this "uImage.old" (or "uImage.legacy" similar) and
> > "uImage", then.
> 
> I'm not interested in renaming the target name for the current uImage
> format.  I think it will cause too much breakage and pain to do so.

We did this before, and the argument then was "progress". Keep in mind
that the old arch/ppc uImage file is much more compatible to the
current arch/powerpc "cuImage" target than to the current "uImage".

I think the same should be done here.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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