On May 24, 2012, at 1:16 AM, Damjan Marion wrote: > On May 24, 2012, at 6:35 AM, Tim Kientzle wrote: > >> I think the PandaBoard ES is fully supported by U-Boot, >> so it should be possible to use ubldr as part of the boot >> chain for that just like I've been doing with BeagleBone. > > What are the benefits of using ubldr compared to what we are doing > today(load; go)?
For a fully custom closed embedded system, nothing. But as we move towards more generic kernels that support more environments, ubldr has the ability to: * Load the kernel from UFS (which in turn means that end users can use buildkernel/installkernel to update the kernel) * Load the device tree separately from the kernel. * Interactively edit the device tree * Preload specific modules * Script the boot process (the i386 interactive boot menu is a Forth script that runs on the stock loader; ubldr has the same ability) Tim _______________________________________________ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
