[U-Boot] [PATCH v6 03/20] sandbox: Add architecture image support

[Simon Glass]

Hi,

On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 9:07 AM, Mike Frysinger <vapier at gentoo.org> wrote:
> On Tuesday 18 October 2011 11:43:49 馬克泡 wrote:
>> 2011/10/18 Mike Frysinger:
>> > On Tuesday 18 October 2011 04:28:23 馬克泡 wrote:
>> >> 2011/10/18 Wolfgang Denk <wd at denx.de>:
>> [deleted]
>>
>> >> static const table_entry_t uimage_arch[]
>> >> [deleted]
>> >>
>> >>         {       IH_ARCH_BLACKFIN,       "blackfin",     "Blackfin",
>> >>         }, {       IH_ARCH_AVR32,          "avr32",        "AVR32",
>> >>            }, {       -1,                     "",             "",
>> >>               },
>> >>
>> >> };
>> >>
>> >> Because I'm wondering about if I need to fix this if you need to add
>> >> IH_ARCH_SANDBOX into this structure.
>> >
>> > for now, i don't think so.  "sandbox" isn't an arch you can create
>> > uimages for (atm?).

No not at the moment - I'm not sure how useful it would be and it
certainly isn't implemented yet.

>>
>> Is there no plan to run Chrome OS from flash storage?
>> Sorry I'm not familiar about the hardware planning about the Chrome OS.
>> Just wondering if there is planning low-price Chrome netbook, the
>> uimage might be
>> necessary for such kind of hardware.
>
> "sandbox" isn't actual hardware.  it's a native application on your system
> like `ls` or `mv` or `mutt`.  it's purely for testing on your local machine.
> -mike

Yes I will look to adding some tests before long - my first target is
SPI flash emulation.

Regards,
Simon

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