[U-Boot] [PATCH V3] BOOT: Add "bootz" command to boot Linux zImage
Marek Vasut
marex at denx.de
Tue Mar 13 05:50:30 CET 2012
Dear Wolfgang Denk,
> Dear Marek Vasut,
>
> In message <201203130113.19092.marex at denx.de> you wrote:
> > > + zi = (struct zimage_header *)images->ep;
> > > +
> > > + if (zi->zi_magic != LINUX_ARM_ZIMAGE_MAGIC) {
> >
> > This gave me an idea ... this might be how to check for zImage inside
> > bootm and be done with it. Simply squash those two together.
>
> Hm... but this must not be the only test, then, or you will run the
> risk of false positives...
Certainly.
>
> > > Do we have to care about endianess here?
> >
> > We should make bootz arm-specific until more people (with different
> > arches) step up and verify it works for them.
>
> NAK. Please implement in an architecture independent way right from
> the beginning.
Can someone tell if the the zImage format differs per-arch or is it the same?
Graeme, what is it about that x86 stuff?
>
> Best regards,
>
> Wolfgang Denk
Best regards,
Marek Vasut
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