Hi, On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 4:43 AM, Wolfgang Denk <w...@denx.de> wrote: > Dear Scott Wood, > > In message <20100908153455.527fc...@schlenkerla.am.freescale.net> you wrote: >> >> > > > Why not use uImage like we do with other architectures? >> > > >> > > Whereas they'd say why can't U-Boot accept a simple binary, and just >> > > run it in place without copying, like any other loader can? >> > >> > U-Boot can do that. Use the "go" command. >> >> Will things like the device tree get passed just as if the bootm >> command were used? > > No, of course not. You asked about starting "a simple binary". > > I warned you that you might lose some nice features... > > > But then - which other popular ARM boot loader supports passing a > device tree? Or which other popular embedded boot loader? >
Don't forget Linux kernel itself could be a bootloader. :-) Kexec would be a perfect one, if its size could be get smaller like uboot does. Best regards, Lei _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot
