Re: [v3 PATCH] RISC-V: Add a PE/COFF compliant Image header.

2019-06-06 Thread Atish Patra
On 6/5/19 9:26 AM, Mark Rutland wrote: On Thu, May 23, 2019 at 11:35:16AM -0700, Atish Patra wrote: Currently, last stage boot loaders such as U-Boot can accept only uImage which is an unnecessary additional step in automating boot flows. Add a PE/COFF compliant image header that boot loaders c

Re: [v3 PATCH] RISC-V: Add a PE/COFF compliant Image header.

2019-06-05 Thread Mark Rutland
On Thu, May 23, 2019 at 11:35:16AM -0700, Atish Patra wrote: > Currently, last stage boot loaders such as U-Boot can accept only > uImage which is an unnecessary additional step in automating boot flows. > > Add a PE/COFF compliant image header that boot loaders can parse and > directly load kerne

Re: [v3 PATCH] RISC-V: Add a PE/COFF compliant Image header.

2019-06-05 Thread Kevin Hilman
Atish Patra writes: > Currently, last stage boot loaders such as U-Boot can accept only > uImage which is an unnecessary additional step in automating boot flows. > > Add a PE/COFF compliant image header that boot loaders can parse and > directly load kernel flat Image. The existing booting metho

Re: [v3 PATCH] RISC-V: Add a PE/COFF compliant Image header.

2019-05-23 Thread Atish Patra
On 5/23/19 2:09 PM, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: On Thu, 23 May 2019 at 19:35, Atish Patra wrote: Currently, last stage boot loaders such as U-Boot can accept only uImage which is an unnecessary additional step in automating boot flows. Add a PE/COFF compliant image header that boot loaders can pars

Re: [v3 PATCH] RISC-V: Add a PE/COFF compliant Image header.

2019-05-23 Thread Ard Biesheuvel
On Thu, 23 May 2019 at 19:35, Atish Patra wrote: > > Currently, last stage boot loaders such as U-Boot can accept only > uImage which is an unnecessary additional step in automating boot flows. > > Add a PE/COFF compliant image header that boot loaders can parse and > directly load kernel flat Ima

[v3 PATCH] RISC-V: Add a PE/COFF compliant Image header.

2019-05-23 Thread Atish Patra
Currently, last stage boot loaders such as U-Boot can accept only uImage which is an unnecessary additional step in automating boot flows. Add a PE/COFF compliant image header that boot loaders can parse and directly load kernel flat Image. The existing booting methods will continue to work as it