[U-Boot] [PATCH V3 0/8] SPL Linux boot

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Thu Aug 25 12:17:14 CEST 2011


Dear Simon Schwarz,

In message <1314261196-23197-1-git-send-email-simonschwarzcor at gmail.com> you wrote:
> Adds direct Linux boot to SPL. It implements a savebp command to save  
> ATAGS or FDT to NAND flash. The kernel image has to be in place for this! 

Thanks for this work.  It is highly appreciated.

> checkpatch whines about not using strict_strtoull - since this is not  
> available - I can't change this. 

That's OK.

A question ex ante: what is the "bp" in "savebp" supposed to mean? I
cannot come up with a good interpretation (might might show the
effects of me working in a way too hot environment, or might indicate
that we should chose a better name).

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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