[U-Boot] [RFC] Extend 'bootm' to support Linux kernel generated images

Pavel Machek pavel at denx.de
Tue Jul 8 11:34:13 CEST 2014


> > If someone really wants such a trial and error approach, he can still
> > do this without adding code that affects everybody with just a little
> > scripting - like "bootm $addr || bootz $addr || ...".
> 
> That's not the usecase really.  The usecase is roughly "I just want to
> boot what the kernel build spit out and not have to guess the command".
> 
> How about if we added a new command, 'boota[uto]' to make a few stabs at
> guessing the format?  The first problem that pops to mind here is
> passing around some flag to make sure that bootm doesn't get this new
> behaviour.

For the record, boota would be nice. Count me as one of developers
that dislike the extra steps...

									Pavel
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