[U-Boot-Users] RFC: make new image support mandatory

[Wolfgang Denk]

In message <A3CF2817-786F-45C9-92BA-6DF8CE150C85 at kernel.crashing.org> you wrote:
> 
> > Can we agree on this?
> 
> I haven't tried out the CONFIG_FIT stuff yet so some of these concerns  
> might not be real issues:
> 1. Are their changes to linux kernel build system to create a  
> FIT .uImage ?

Not yet.

> 2. if "#define CONFIG_FIT 1" can we use an "old" style uImage?

Yes, of course.

> If the answer to 2. is no, I'm concerned about boards that are part of  
> a family (like Freescale reference boards for PPC) and having two  
> different image formats to deal with.

No, I don't intend to force incompatible changes on innocent users :-)

Ideally, nobody has even to take notice of the new feature - unless
they run "help" on some of the commands.

But then, they *can* use the new features if they want.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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