[U-Boot] [PATCH] ARM: Allow cross endian linux boot Part 1/1

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Stefan Althoefer,

In message <493846df.zrcPH0cFyVcoO+pI%stefan.althoefer at web.de> you wrote:
> [PATCH] ARM: Allow cross endian linux boot
> 
> This patch adds the capability to boot a little endian linux
> kernel on a big endian u-boot. This is usefull on IXP425 platform
> which is always big-endian in u-boot.
> 
> To enable crossboot, define the environment variable "crossboot". This was
> done as I found no way to pass the crossboot flag into 
> do_bootm_linux() through the command line.

Such a feature must be made configurable, so that it not blows up the
memory footprint on systems that will never need it.

In the long term, you might consider using FIT images, and encoding
the needed logic there.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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