[U-Boot-Users] Loading FPGA from an mkimage created image?

[Steven Scholz]

Wolfgang Denk wrote:

> In message <41A1CD69.6000708 at imc-berlin.de> you wrote:
> 
>>I know that
>>
>>	fpga load [device number] [image address] [image size]
>>
>>can be used to init an FPGA.
>>Now I want to compress and wrap the FPGA data with mkimage.
>>
>>Is there a way to pass the address of an Image to "fpga load".
> 
> 
> Umm... that's the third parameter in the usage message above:  "image
> address" - isn't it?

No. IIRC then "image" in "image address" means (raw) data as the FPGA would 
understand it.

>>Or do I have to umcompress it first using "bootm" or something and then pass the 
>>address and size to "fpga load"?
> 
> Either this, or extend the fpga command to understand compressed
> images.
So checking for valid mkimage header? And then uncompress to $loadaddr?
And maybe even introduce a new image type "FPGA data" ?

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Steven Scholz