[U-Boot] [PATCH v3 4/4] tools: mkimage: Add: Kirkwood Boot Image support (kwbimage)

[Simon Kagstrom]

On Fri, 04 Sep 2009 10:24:38 +0200
Wolfgang Denk <wd at denx.de> wrote:

> Dear Simon Kagstrom,
> 
> In message <20090904083003.3f7f0d1f at marrow.netinsight.se> you wrote:
> > 
> > Understandable. On the other hand, it should be possible to pad the
> > U-boot image to some specific size to keep the size constant. Typically
> > to the erase size.
> 
> This makes no sense. Why would such padding be needed? It only adds
> overhead everywhere where the image needs to be processed, stored,
> downloaded, programmed, etc.

In this case to have keep the kirkwood boot header unchanged, and to
just update the U-boot image.

// Simon