[U-Boot-Users] [PATCH 3/5] [new uImage] Add fit_parse_conf() and fit_parse_subimage() routines

[Kumar Gala]

On Feb 21, 2008, at 11:55 AM, Bartlomiej Sieka wrote:

> From: Marian Balakowicz <m8 at semihalf.com>
>
> Introducing routines for parsing new uImage format bootm arguments:
> [<addr>]#<conf>		- configuration specification
> [<addr>]:<subimg>	- subimage specification
>
> New format images can contain multiple subimages of the same type.  
> For example
> a single new format image file can contain three kernels, two  
> ramdisks and a
> couple of FDT blobs. Subimage and configuration specifications are  
> extensions
> to bootm (and other image-related commands) arguments' syntax that  
> allow to
> specify which particular subimage should be operated on.
>
> Subimage specification is used to denote a particular subimage.  
> Configurations
> are a bit more complex -- they are used to define a particualr  
> booting setup,
> for example a (kernel, fdt blob) pair, or a (kernel, ramdisk, fdt  
> blob) tuple,
> etc.
>
> Signed-off-by: Marian Balakowicz <m8 at semihalf.com>

Mind adding a example of what <conf> and <subimg> would/could be set  
to.  (Its not clear to me if these are indexes [0..n] or labels)

- k