[U-Boot] [PATCH V3 0/8] SPL Linux boot
Simon Schwarz
simonschwarzcor at googlemail.com
Thu Aug 25 13:25:42 CEST 2011
Dear Wolfgang Denk,
On 08/25/2011 12:17 PM, Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> 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).
Today: Definatly too hot ;)
It means "save boot parameters" - better proposals welcome.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Wolfgang Denk
>
Regards
Simon
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