On Wed, 27 Mar 2013, Peter Robinson wrote: > On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 3:15 PM, Nicolas Pitre <nico@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Wed, 27 Mar 2013, Peter Robinson wrote: > > > >> On 27 Mar 2013 03:24, "Jon" <jdisnard@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > The problem statement is different u-boot are different, and we cannot > >> > have unified images. > >> > >> Yes we can, we just need a tool to adjust the uboot bit like Han's tool for > >> the A1x devices. Its less ugly than multiple images which are even less > >> workable. > > > > That tool is called 'mkimage'. You grab a universal zImage, and use > > mkimage on it at installation time to adjust it to the U-Boot runtime > > environment where it is installed. > > > > Morale of this story: including mkimage (aka "make uImage") as part of > > the kernel build process was a mistake. It has sent the wrong message > > to people, presenting uImage as the distributable build product which it > > is not. > > The tool is not mkimage, it does likely use mkimage underneath though, > it's a ncurses menu which allows you to select the device you have and > it generates the correct bits for boot. Whether Hans generates all the > mkimage options before hand and just copies the right one into place > or generates them on the fly I'm not 100% sure. Good. My point is that mkimage, if needed, should be run at installation time, and not to produce a distributable kernel. Nicolas _______________________________________________ arm mailing list arm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/arm
