[U-Boot-Users] [PATCH] Pass full u-boot environment to booting kernel

[Wolfgang Denk]

In message <Pine.LNX.4.61.0409151552180.4098 at mag.sysgo.com> you wrote:
> 
> I must have misunderstood you: didn't you want a solution that is 
> available on PPC, ARM and MIPS? It is not at all likely that the ARM 

Yes.

> folks give up their ATAGs in favour of PPCs bi_recs because of a 

So this discussion should probably take place on lkml instead? ;-)

> boot-loader, let alone one they never wanted in the first place. Even 
> given that ATAG's and bi_recs are essentially the same, it will hardly 
> allow U-Boots implementation nor the kernel API to have much common 
> code.

You got an important point here: ATAG's and bi_recs _are_ essentially
the same, except for the name. I have no  preference  for  either  of
these  names,  and  I  will  not  complain  the  the PowerPC and MIPS
soultions use something which is called ATAG, too.

> >From that point of view, Pantelis's proposal looks much more generic, 
> and people are willing to develop it now.

I see what it can do, but I  see  also  all  the  problems  that  are
involved.  If  we  implement  something  new, then please let's do it
right: let's actually try to learn from all the previous  discussions
and implementations and create something which does not introduce new
known  problems,  and  which  is  not  restricted  to a specific boot
loader.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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