[U-Boot-Users] [PATCH] Blackfin: implement go/boote wrappers

[Wolfgang Denk]

In message <200804202031.31936.vapier at gentoo.org> you wrote:
> 
> > Umnmm... no. "go" is supposed to be return to U-Boot, i. e. it must
> > not overwrite (or otherwise meddle with) any U-Boot code.
> >
> > I think you should not change cache status for "go".
> 
> reality is that people often times use go to execute their binary blobs.  i
> also see it this way: go means to jump to some address and most likely never 
> return.

This may be your private interpretation, but it is wrong.

Intended and documented behaviour is that "go" is used to start
standalone applications, which are supposed to return.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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