[U-Boot-Users] question : difference between booting 2.4 and 2.6 kernel

[Tomko]

Wolfgang Denk wrote:

>In message <42BFA550.5010807 at avantwave.com> you wrote:
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>>I would like to modify the uboot so that it could boot up 2.4 and 2.6 
>>kernel without downloading the u boot again . what i know the difference 
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>There is absolutely no need to modify U-Boot for this purpose. It can
>boot many different operating  systems  and  different  Linux  kernel
>versions without any code changes.
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>>is : 2.6 kernel know how to copy itself to memory but 2.4 do not and 
>>need bootloader to do it. Am i right ?  How can i do this inorder to 
>>make it more convinent ?
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>No, you are wrong. There are absolutely no changes needed.
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In general, do you mean both kernel should know how to copy itself to 
memory and the bootloader don't need to handle this ?

>Best regards,
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>Wolfgang Denk
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