[U-Boot-Users] [PATCH 0/7] [new uImage] final fixes and cleanups

Bartlomiej Sieka tur at semihalf.com
Fri Mar 21 00:45:42 CET 2008


Hi,

This patch series consists of final fixes and cleanups of the new uImage work:
- fix style issue in previously posted patch
- update to doc/uImage.FIT/
- fixes to autoscr and mxtract commands
- preparation for merge with the master
  - disable debugging output
  - disable new format support by default
  - example of enabling new format support for a board (pcs440ep)

The patchset is available on the new-image branch of the u-boot-testing
repository, which now contains complete new uImage support (including MD5).

The new-image branch will soon be merged to the mainline U-Boot, and I'd like
to again encourage people to help with testing. To repeat: reports on test
results of the following areas not tested due to hardware unavailability will
be greatly appreciated:
- boards other that ppc
- booting from dataflash
- U-Boot commands:
  - diskboot
  - docboot
  - fdcboot
  - fpga
  - nboot
  - scsiboot
  - usbboot

Note that new format is not enabled by default -- to try it out, you must
define the following in the board config file:
#define CONFIG_FIT		1
#define CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT	1
and  optionally:
#define CONFIG_FIT_VERBOSE	1

Compiling support for the new image format increases the size of U-Boot, so
depending on your Flash sector layout, adjustments to CFG_MONITOR_LEN might be
necessary.

Finally, reading doc/uImage.FIT/howto.txt should be sufficient to get you
started with the new format.

Comments and questions are welcome.

Regards,
Bartlomiej

Bartlomiej Sieka (7):
      [new uImage] Enable new uImage support for the pcs440ep board.
      [new uImage] Do not compile new uImage format support by default
      [new uImage] Disable debuging output in preparation for merge with master
      [new uImage] Compilation and new uImage handling fixes for imxtract
      [new uImage] Fix autoscr command used with new uImage format
      [new uImage] Fix *.its files location in documentation
      [new uImage] Style fix






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