Dear Stefan Althoefer, In message <493846df.zrcph0cfyvcoo+pi%stefan.althoe...@web.de> you wrote: > [PATCH] ARM: Allow cross endian linux boot > > This patch adds the capability to boot a little endian linux > kernel on a big endian u-boot. This is usefull on IXP425 platform > which is always big-endian in u-boot. > > To enable crossboot, define the environment variable "crossboot". This was > done as I found no way to pass the crossboot flag into > do_bootm_linux() through the command line.
Such a feature must be made configurable, so that it not blows up the memory footprint on systems that will never need it. In the long term, you might consider using FIT images, and encoding the needed logic there. Best regards, Wolfgang Denk -- DENX Software Engineering GmbH, MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: w...@denx.de "In matrimony, to hesitate is sometimes to be saved." - Butler _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot
