Re: [PATCH] powerpc/bootwrapper: Add documentation of boot wrapper targets

2008-06-27 Thread Scott Wood
On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 01:21:04PM -0700, Grant Likely wrote: > + zImage.%: Image usable by OpenFirmware. Image expects firmware > + to provide the device tree using OpenFirmware > + interfaces. Typically general purpose hardware uses > +

RE: [PATCH] powerpc/bootwrapper: Add documentation of boot wrapper targets

2008-06-26 Thread Josh Boyer
On Thu, 2008-06-26 at 09:48 -0700, Stephen Neuendorffer wrote: > My unanswered questions: > > 1) Why are there 4 different types of targets that embed a device tree? > I assume they differ in how they are started loaded, but (unfortunately) > the names are meaningless (With the exception of cuImag

Re: [PATCH] powerpc/bootwrapper: Add documentation of boot wrapper targets

2008-06-26 Thread Peter Mendham
Thanks for this documentation - I found it very illuminating. My question was going to be similar to Stephen's in that I don't find it clear which of the images with an embedded device tree I should be using. This is all in contrast to the Xilinx git tree where I just use zImage with a config

RE: [PATCH] powerpc/bootwrapper: Add documentation of boot wrapper targets

2008-06-26 Thread Stephen Neuendorffer
My unanswered questions: 1) Why are there 4 different types of targets that embed a device tree? I assume they differ in how they are started loaded, but (unfortunately) the names are meaningless (With the exception of cuImage, which is only cryptic.. :) If I'm adding support for a new board, wh

RE: [PATCH] powerpc/bootwrapper: Add documentation of boot wrapper targets

2008-06-26 Thread John Linn
Thanks Grant, that's a great start for helping us to better understand the bootwrapper. The wrapper is somewhat complex and hard to get your head around, or at least my head ;). -- John -Original Message- From: Grant Likely [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 2:21 P

Re: [PATCH] powerpc/bootwrapper: Add documentation of boot wrapper targets

2008-06-25 Thread Grant Likely
Oops, sent to the wrong address for the mailing list... From: Grant Likely <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> There have been many questions on and off the mailing list about how exactly the bootwrapper is used for embedded targets. Add some documentation and help text to try and clarify the system. Signed-of