[U-Boot] [PATCH] BOOT: Add RAW ramdisk support to bootz

Marek Vasut marek.vasut at gmail.com
Wed Mar 28 22:54:50 CEST 2012


Dear Wolfgang Denk,

> > Dear Marek Vasut,
> > 
> > In message <201203221745.16226.marek.vasut at gmail.com> you wrote:
> > > > > Dear Wolfgang Denk, are we OK with applying this and bootz patch
> > > > > please? Can we get it into .04 release please?
> > > > 
> > > > "this" - which patch version exactly are you referring to?
> > > 
> > > Revision V6.
> > 
> > Could you please be a bit more specific?  Like posting a link to the
> > respective message on gmane, or in patchwork?
> 
> http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/146848/
> http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/147440/
> 
> > The Subject: of this message is "BOOT: Add RAW ramdisk support to
> > bootz", but I have not seen any V6 for this patch.  Ican only guess
> > that you might be referring to [PATCH V6] BOOT: Add "bootz" command to
> > boot Linux zImage on ARM - but I'd rather be sure.
> 
> Yes, see above two links please.
> 
> > > I believe this patch is quite important to the linux-arm people and
> > > early adoption of this stuff would be very beneficial. Also, there are
> > > other patches that were applied after the MW was closed. Finally, this
> > > patch started long before .04 release cycle.
> > 
> > Where/when?
> 
> If you mean the patch, here:
> http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/125318/
> 
> If you talk about accepting patches way past MW, almost all the time, at
> least in the ARM stuffs. And this works OK so far I believe, I see no
> breakage. Also, we didn't reach the RC phase yet either. Lastly, this
> change is not intrusive in any way.
> 
> > Best regards,
> > 
> > Wolfgang Denk

Did you made up your mind on this patch please?

Best regards,
Marek Vasut


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