[U-Boot-Users] armlinux.c patch for ramdisk

[Wolfgang Denk]

In message <E18vMu3-0008Ff-00 at hall.mail.mindspring.net> you wrote:
> 
> Please find attached a patch for fixing the problem of mounting a ramdisk. 
> This version differs slightly from the PPC do_bootm_linux() as it uses the 
> load address from the image to relocate the ramdisk in memory.

Maybe I should be a bit more explicit.

I feel it is unnecessary to copy the ramdisk image to RAM first;  the
kernel  should  be  able  to pick it up directly from flash - this is
what we do on the SMDK2400 and TRAB boards, and it  helps  to  reduce
boot time, too.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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