Hi Tom, On Tue, 19 Nov 2024 at 09:27, Tom Rini <tr...@konsulko.com> wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 19, 2024 at 06:18:05AM -0700, Simon Glass wrote: > > > This series implements read_all() so that it is possible to read all the > > files relating to a bootflow, make adjustments and then boot. > > > > Unfortunately quite a few things stand in the way, so this series > > finishes off several pending items: zboot without CONFIG_CMDLINE, > > required support in pxe_utils and the differing code in the extlinux and > > PXE bootmeths. There is very little new code, but quite a lot of > > refactoring. > > > > The bootm, booti and bootz commands have all been refactored previously, > > so that they can operate without needing CONFIG_CMDLINE to be enabled. > > At the, time, zboot was left alone, since it is x86-specific and a bit > > more trouble. > > > > This series adds a programatic API for zboot and uses the forthcoming > > bootstd 'image list' to collect information from an extlinux file. It is > > therefore possible to parse the file, load the resulting images and then > > examine/adjust the resulting bootflow, before booting. > > > > The addition of options to extlinux resulted in the PXE and extlinux > > bootmeth having slightly different features. This is tidied up in this > > series, with common functions for both. This allows the same features > > (loading images as a separate step) to be provided for PXE. > > This doesn't apply cleanly to -next and doesn't say what other series it > depends on.
Yes, that is a bit vague, sorry. The 'forthcoming bootstd image list' is the dependency. Regards, Simon
