[U-Boot] zImage on ARM

[Lei Wen]

Hi,

On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 4:43 AM, Wolfgang Denk <wd at denx.de> wrote:
> Dear Scott Wood,
>
> In message <20100908153455.527fcd70 at schlenkerla.am.freescale.net> you wrote:
>>
>> > > > Why not use uImage like we do with other architectures?
>> > >
>> > > Whereas they'd say why can't U-Boot accept a simple binary, and just
>> > > run it in place without copying, like any other loader can?
>> >
>> > U-Boot can do that. Use the "go" command.
>>
>> Will things like the device tree get passed just as if the bootm
>> command were used?
>
> No, of course not.  You asked about starting "a simple binary".
>
> I warned you that you might lose some nice features...
>
>
> But then - which other popular ARM boot loader supports passing a
> device tree?  Or which other popular embedded boot loader?
>

Don't forget Linux kernel itself could be a bootloader. :-)
Kexec would be a perfect one, if its size could be get smaller like uboot does.

Best regards,
Lei