[U-Boot] [PATCH V6] BOOT: Add "bootz" command to boot Linux zImage on ARM

[Marek Vasut]

Dear Rob Herring,

> On 03/15/2012 02:05 PM, Marek Vasut wrote:
> > Dear Rob Herring,
> > 
> >> On 03/15/2012 02:52 AM, Marek Vasut wrote:
> >>> From: Marek Vasut <marek.vasut at gmail.com>
> >>> 
> >>> This command boots Linux zImage from where the zImage is loaded to.
> >>> Passing initrd and fdt is supported.
> >> 
> >> This is great! However, the initrd is still in the u-boot image format,
> >> right?
> >> 
> >> If a raw initrd is supported, then we could get rid of flash-kernel on
> >> disk-based debian/ubuntu systems. The file size is known from the
> >> filesystem, but then needs to get to the bootz command somehow.
> > 
> > Yes. Initrd still needs a bit of work, ideas?
> 

You lost some people in the Cc ;-)

> How about:
> 
> bootz <kern addr> [<fdt addr> [<initrd addr> [<initrd size>]]]

What about bootz <kern addr> <initrd addr>[:<initrd size>] <fdt addr>

example: bootz 0x12000000 0x13000000:0x40000 0x14000000

> 
> I changed the order so the size can be optional without resorting to
> using a "-". Then no size means u-boot image format.
> 
> File load commands would need to set loadsize env var.

If you load kernel after initrd, that's screw things up.
> 
> Another idea is to prepend the u-boot image header on file loading. This
> would need some way to disable the crc check and specify any other data.
> It would probably be hard to do without changing existing commands.

Naw, this is weird. What do you think about my idea with the addr:size stuff?
> 
> Rob

Best regards,
Marek Vasut