[U-Boot] [PATCH 0/2] Protect splashimage from improperly aligned addresses

[Nikita Kiryanov]

Hi Tom,

On 02/27/2013 10:06 PM, Tom Rini wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 06:19:21PM +0200, Nikita Kiryanov wrote:
>
>> As discussed in the links below, one needs to be careful about choosing an
>> address for a splash image BMP file when working on architectures that can't
>> handle unaligned memory accesses. A bad address may lead to a bricked board,
>> and the safe addresses are not obvious due to the internal structure of BMP
>> files.
>>
>> This patchset documents the problem and implements an optional callback that
>> prevents the environment variable from being set to a bad value.
>>
>> Finally, it turns this protection on for cm_t35.
>>
>> http://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot/2013-January/144666.html
>> http://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot/2013-February/146021.html
>>
>> Nikita Kiryanov (2):
>>    lcd: implement a callback for splashimage
>>    cm_t35: prevent splashimage from being set to a bad value
>
> To be clear, this series is the only part required of all of the various
> ones that have been posted about splash images?

Yes. It replaces "Create an API for safely accessing BMP header fields",
and I commented on the "Add splash screen for CM-T35" V3 series to point
out which patches should be dropped from it.

-- 
Regards,
Nikita.