[U-Boot] [PATCH V5] BOOT: Add "bootz" command to boot Linux zImage on ARM

Marek Vasut marek.vasut at gmail.com
Thu Mar 15 18:40:49 CET 2012


Dear Mike Frysinger,

> On Thursday 15 March 2012 12:09:43 Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> > Marek Vasut wrote:
> > > > i've got no opinion on the matter of supporting zImage directly
> > > > (although, i guess it'd be nice since some legacy platforms still use
> > > > it like netwinders)
> > > 
> > > Does anyone else but RMK have a working netwinder these days? >:-)
> > 
> > And I bet a crate of beer that _him_ is not using U-Boot to boot it.
> 
> i'm still using nettrom on my netwinder.  the main guy (Ralph) has the
> source to it iirc, but wasn't able to release it.  a u-boot port at this
> point wouldn't work without those board details :(.

But a crete of beer is a good motivation to do it :-)

Best regards,
Marek Vasut


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