[U-Boot] [PATCH] powerpc/CoreNet: Allow pbl images to take u-boot images != 512K

[Xie Shaohui-B21989]

> On 27/05/13 18:18, Xie Shaohui-B21989 wrote:
> > Hi, Chris,
> >
> > For the init value of "next_pbl_cmd", there was a patch at below link
> can be used:
> > http://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot/2013-March/150260.html
> >
> 
> Thanks for the pointer. I did check the main u-boot.git tree but didn't
> search the list.
> 
> I don't know if it's a concern for u-boot but the patch linked above
> assumes something that isn't quite true for my usage. My board uses the
> SPI booting option for factory boot-strap. The "normal" method is booting
> from NOR. When I build a NOR image I prepend a standalone application
> image to the bootloader for convenience of only having to program one
> image to NOR. In my case CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE is not the base address of
> the binary I'm trying to wrap in a pbl image.
> 
> Another advantage of my version is that you don't necessarily have to be
> using mkimage/pblimage on the current u-boot configuration. It could be
> an externally built image and we're just using mkimage/pblimage to wrap
> it into something that we can program into SPI.
> 
[S.H] OK. I see what is your requirement. 
ACK.

Best Regards, 
Shaohui Xie