[U-Boot] [PATCH 05/10] pxe: use bootz instead of bootm when enabled

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Mon Dec 3 13:22:42 CET 2012


Dear Rob Herring,

In message <1354503629-25621-6-git-send-email-robherring2 at gmail.com> you wrote:
> From: Rob Herring <rob.herring at calxeda.com>
> 
> Standard pxelinux servers would use zImage rather than u-boot image
> format, so use bootz instead of bootm if enabled.

Why would this be the case?  We should encourage the use of a
checksum-protected image format, i. e. the default setting should be
for FIT images, followed by legacy U-Boot images, and fall back on
archaic formats like zImage only when there is really no other way.


Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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