[U-Boot] u-boot <=> kernel compatibility?

[daggs]

Greetings Chris,

> Hi,
> 
> Le 04/11/2017 à 19:37, Tom Rini a écrit :
> > On Sat, Nov 04, 2017 at 07:22:06AM +0100, daggs wrote:
> >> Greetings, is there a minimum kernel version limitation on the latest 
> >> release of u-boot? the reason I'm asking is that I'm unable to boot a 
> >> arm board with latest u-boot and the vendor's kernel which is based 
> >> on kernel 3.14.x 
> > There is generally not, but what is your actual error? Thanks!
> 
> I *guess* that the vendor's U-Boot performs some initializations missing 
> from mainline U-Boot but necessary for the vendor's kernel to boot.
> 

I can confirm that kernel 4.12.x boots with 2017.07.
because there is such a big difference between the versions I thought maybe it is a kernel diff.
I didn't tried to boot kernel 4.12.x with the vendor's uboot however, I might try it next. thanks for the idea.

Dagg.