[U-Boot] cuImage doesn't boot with u-boot 2009.11 version

[narayanasami vijayaraghavan]

Hello Scott, Thanks again for explaining. I will proceed based on your inputs.

Narayanasami.



On 9/7/12, Scott Wood <scottwood at freescale.com> wrote:
> On 09/07/2012 11:07 AM, narayanasami vijayaraghavan wrote:
>> Hello Scott,  Thanks for replying.
>> We have few more products based on different
>> ppc-processor/u-boot/linux, all are using cuImage.  So, for better
>> maintenance and uniformity,  I am trying cuImage with this new h/w
>> (P1020 & u-boot-2009.11).
>> Could you please let me know that,
>> - Can we make cuImage work with this combination? (by editing the
>> wrapper/mkimage, etc)
>> - What is the advantage of using uImage, instead of cuImage?
>
> cuImage was implemented specifically for compatibility with old boards
> with old U-Boots that don't support device trees.  If you want to use it
> for anything else, you're on your own.  It relies on an old, very
> fragile and non-extensible interface for passing information from U-Boot
> to Linux.
>
> Could you make it work?  Probably.  Should you?  No.
>
> -Scott
>
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