On Wed, 27 Mar 2013, Peter Robinson wrote:

> On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 3:15 PM, Nicolas Pitre <n...@fluxnic.net> wrote:
> > On Wed, 27 Mar 2013, Peter Robinson wrote:
> >
> >> On 27 Mar 2013 03:24, "Jon" <jdisn...@gmail.com> 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
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