[U-Boot-Users] [PATCH] 85xx: add ability to upload QE firmware

[Wolfgang Denk]

In message <4766D29F.7090707 at freescale.com> you wrote:
> 
> > Think about the situation that someone whats to use DHCP to boot  his
> > board,  which  will  usually  result  in the TFTP download of exactly
> > *one* image from a TFTP server. That image should  then  contain  the
> > Linux  kernel,  the dtb, the QE firmware image, eventually a ramdisk,
> > and maybe even more... That's what the new image format is about.
> 
> Ok, I can appreciate that, but how is my QE firmware blob any different from any 
> other generic binary that this new image format must support?  And since this 

It's just another type of payload to wrap and to recognize.

> new format is still a long way from being implemented, I don't see why it should 
> delay adding support for QE firmware.

Oh, that's not a long way. Probaly counted in weeks rather than
months.

> The "qe fw" command requires an address, and it takes care of the rest.  As long 

Yes, but how do you get this address from a multi-file image format?

> as this new image format can identify the QE firmware within it and pass the 
> address of the blob to the "qe fw" command, I don't really care about the rest.

I see.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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