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

[Kumar Gala]

On Feb 1, 2008, at 6:00 AM, Marian Balakowicz wrote:

>
> 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
>

Have you thought about passing load_end into the do_bootm_* commands.   
I think this will help us do better allocation/memory management in  
bootm.

- k