[U-Boot-Users] [PATCH 0/6] [new uImage] patchset3 - legacy code refactoring

Marian Balakowicz m8 at semihalf.com
Fri Feb 1 13:00:11 CET 2008


This is the third patch-set of the new uImage format work. It concludes the
phase of clean-up and reorganization of the old format code, preparing the
ground for adding the code implementing the new format.

All the new uImage patches sent to the list so far, as well as updates
resulting from the feedback received, will be soon available from the new-image
branch of the u-boot-testing repository (there will be a separate
announcement).

The completion of the clean-up phase is a good moment to review the patches
posted to date, and help with testing. This work affects all architectures and
operating systems, so it would be much appreciated if people could give
u-boot-testing#new-image a try and report back. So far, the changes were tested
on a lite5200b board and successfully built for ppc, arm, mips and coldfire
targets.

Work is now ongoing on adding support for the new format, results will be
posted to the list, and also available from u-boot-testing#new-image. Once the
implementation is complete, and the code is reviewed and tested, it will be
merged to the master. 

Marian Balakowicz (6):
      [new uImage] Move kernel data find code to get_kernel() routine
      [new uImage] Cleanup FDT handling in PPC do_boot_linux()
      [new uImage] Cleanup PPC and M68K do_bootm_linux() boot allocations
      [new uImage] Move PPC and M68K ramdisk loading to a common routine
      [new uImage] Removed dead ramdisk code on microblaze architecture
      [new uImage] Factor out common image_get_ramdisk() routine



Cheers,
m.




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