[U-Boot] [PATCH] doc/README.falcon: Clarify steps slightly.

Tom Rini trini at ti.com
Fri Jun 27 15:03:50 CEST 2014


Make it clear that we need to load a legacy-formatted (aka uImage)
kernel into memory as well as the DT if used before using "spl export".

Cc: Yebio Mesfin <ymesfin at ti.com>
Signed-off-by: Tom Rini <trini at ti.com>
---
 doc/README.falcon |    7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/README.falcon b/doc/README.falcon
index 82a254b..e9f8a75 100644
--- a/doc/README.falcon
+++ b/doc/README.falcon
@@ -31,9 +31,10 @@ informed to load it before running the kernel.
 To boot the kernel, these steps under a Falcon-aware U-Boot are required:
 
 1. Boot the board into U-Boot.
-Use the "spl export" command to generate the kernel parameters area or the DT.
-U-Boot runs as when it boots the kernel, but stops before passing the control
-to the kernel.
+After loading the desired legacy-format kernel image into memory (and DT as
+well, if used), use the "spl export" command to generate the kernel parameters
+area or the DT.  U-Boot runs as when it boots the kernel, but stops before
+passing the control to the kernel.
 
 2. Save the prepared snapshot into persistent media.
 The address where to save it must be configured into board configuration
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1.7.9.5



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