[U-Boot-Users] Can U-boot Autodetect arch/ppc versusarch/powerpc from info in the uImage?

[Joakim Tjernlund]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: u-boot-users-bounces at lists.sourceforge.net 
> [mailto:u-boot-users-bounces at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf 
> Of Wolfgang Denk
> Sent: den 3 december 2007 22:36
> To: Darcy Watkins
> Cc: u-boot-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [U-Boot-Users] Can U-boot Autodetect arch/ppc 
> versusarch/powerpc from info in the uImage?
> 
> In message 
> <D61182AC8012EA4EBC531B3AF23BE109480232 at tranzeo-mail2.12stewar
> t.tranzeo.com> you wrote:
> > 
> > I have looked at some of the u-boot code for booting up a 
> linux kernel.
> > It appears that the determination of whether or not to make use of
> > flattened device tree (fdt) in the boot is a compile time selection.
> 
> No, this is not the case. You can use a FDT-enabled U-Boot to boot
> kernel images which use a FDT, and of course such that don't, too.

Wolfgang, have you read the "Passing the OF tree to bootm from board code?"
thread? Would you mind explain why it was removed and why you don't think
it should be in u-boot?

  Regards
            Jocke