[U-Boot-Users] u-boot and Linux kernel forward compatibility is unsure?

[Wolfgang Denk]

In message <c384c5ea0805291600v28d281d2o2b65068a0cb88651 at mail.gmail.com> you wrote:
> 
> I wonder if this is a common use and if it makes sense to implement
> this for mainstream u-boot, or is this very specific?

This is common use, and U-Boot already support it. See the bootcount
feature (http://www.denx.de/wiki/view/DULG/UBootBootCountLimit), and
read about alternative images in the new image format
(doc/uImage.FIT/*).

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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