-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Happy new year Wolfgang
El Fri, 03 Jan 2014 23:43:54 +0100 Wolfgang Denk <w...@denx.de> escribió: > Dear Otavio Salvador, > > In message <1388771903-8730-3-git-send-email-ota...@ossystems.com.br> > you wrote: > > > > ... There is no > > reason to continue using uImage for default environment. > > Sorry, but this "There is no reason to continue using uImage" is a > phrase which challenges my protest. > > Actually switching from uImage to zImage is a serious deterioration. > uImages have a number of properties that are extremely useful, and > especially in embedded environments; none of these are available for > zImages. The only problem is that uImage support has never been > correctly implemented in the ARM Linux kernel, and that fixes have > never been accepted (for various [non-technical] reasons). > > Switching to zImage means to take the path of least resistance, and > chose the worst of the possible solutions, technically. > > It would make much more sense to push forward and use FIT images, > instead. It is all about the target use case, uImage and FIT images suit a useful purpose in an embedded use case. A wandboard is most definitely not an embedded device. as ARM is moving more and more into general computing, supporting general computing use cases is needed. all of the generic distro work I have done is primarily revolving around using raw images and raw initramfs's all supported fedora systems use a multiplatform kernel, wrapping it in uImage to work everywhere is not an available option. You are free to protest, but I believe you are wrong in doing so. Dennis -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJSyEryAAoJEH7ltONmPFDRimsP/1OT/XNWVCxhYOSYw2TMyqKt upfTDpUZ1O4zTwDjwaCG/5zgAK+NPLnrD9FCdsT4V8fH216BsCPJoDYt+Uv8P9AS ZSHgmw0d60qADtVQmcukuUMrtmZvRjJZXI7eb2M7LIKg0QNbBeU7bAqm+OPlAe0J 9cguVj+jREuPQ3nqeCOp9WVb/qVEmSRID7+3heqlMG9/LRoh5hmwjlPot2L/sgzt 3kN4RYKqs+ulTlG5eowOCoShdAs8W9rrs+Sw88JpUro2gd0RGr7NpIrZ009Fw0vl muT0pCDEar4Z+SZdUyONSKS/ZKsjNI8fqVTDIkpIo8X3YYn4AP4hYU7Fiuwoqoi5 F5z3ZvzRGTpPOEfmWlF25D23hCHqrp9LIRIYsQ0BIW9jeMSvPPm/KfdeVsBtS4Ib j0q8I+LvVDWaGlQFuUvwcsKtxEPxyO1c51/LSaXudb1aurPXtiVB84FlyavZZh4x GF5572bOaz+X78ZObQbtDtxXFaQ0F9EFn/kKgCrfCrKJktlpWfGjgEp0VOa1F+z3 CWbBJ5PzQKF00OEs+QYqKGpwPWTyJ3uFTpOrqXL74LSESGcDrxjddGe4EkKb6pA2 pTOCCT+RXzHvt/qavusI9uSSzykG6/PbmZqISjntAuueP9ROLqBy05gCuQq0qEBI VMrw3oP2dga71ozMrvrP =V53U -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot