[U-Boot] [PATCH 1/2] image: Support relative-addresses property in FIT images

[Stephen Warren]

Stephen Warren wrote at Friday, September 30, 2011 1:53 PM:
> uImage files contain absolute "load" and "entry" addresses. Such a concept
> is incompatible with using the same kernel image on multiple SoCs, each with
> a potentially different SDRAM base. To support that, augment the FIT image
> syntax with a "relative-addresses" property, which indicates that the "load"
> and "entry" properties are an offset from SDRAM, rather than an absolute
> address.

Wolfgang, does this change look like a reasonable approach?

> In theory, a similar change could be made to the legacy uImage format.
> However, representing the a "relative-addresses" flag in that format is
> problematic, so I have ignored that possibility for now.

What are your thoughts on the legacy format; should we ignore it? We
could probably steal some bit in one of the fields for this flag, although
technically that would be a change to the format, with potential
compatibility issues.

Thanks.

-- 
nvpublic