On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 02:39:20PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > > Not understanding, why would a user ever need it? The platform knows if > > its has funny boot image size limits, no? > > The boot loader does not come with the kernel, so the platform cannot > know for sure. Why would anybody use a bootloader that imposes weird restrictions on their platform? That is, isn't that simply a broken bootloader?