[U-Boot] Call for participation in the U-Boot Mini Summit 2014

[Scott Wood]

On Thu, 2014-09-04 at 17:01 +0200, Marek Vasut wrote:
> On Wednesday, September 03, 2014 at 06:39:23 PM, Detlev Zundel wrote:
> > Hi Marek,
> > 
> > [...]
> > 
> > > I got my talk, "Secure and flexible boot with U-Boot bootloader",
> > > accepted for the main track it seems. It's mostly about "use fitImage
> > > and use UBI on NAND" kind of talk, which covers introduction to
> > > fitImage and storing system components on UBI/UBIFS to prevent
> > > problems like silent data corruption on modern systems.
> > 
> > Excellent!
> > 
> > > That being said, I believe I won't be able to cover the fitImage
> > > verified boot part properly, so I might as well cook a talk for the
> > > u-boot summit about this advanced topic.
> > 
> > We had a talk about that exact topic last year on the main track by
> > Simon and in the mini summit by Jagan Teki[1].  In what respect will
> > your talk differ from that?
> 
> I believe there is never enough advertising when it comes to fitImage, since
> we want to get rid of uImage. On the other hand, I see no point in artificially
> filling the talk slots, so consider my offer only as a backup solution.

Why do we want to get rid of uImage?  It's easier to work with than
fitImage.  Or do you just mean get rid of legacy multi-image support?

-Scott