On Sat, Apr 23, 2005 at 12:25:56AM +0200, Wolfgang Denk wrote: > In message <20050422210610.GA9158 at gate.ebshome.net> you wrote: > > > > This is not relevant, because Linux doesn't use this "checkstop" > > trick. It directly just jumps to U-Boot warm-reboot entry point. > > Which is a bad design desicion, IMHO. If you want to reset a board, > you should really RESET it (and give all attached peripherals a > chance to get reset, too), instead of just assuming everything is in > good shape an it's sufficient to just jump into some boot loader code > again.
Sure, but tell me then, _WHY_ U-Boot has this warm-reboot entry? IMHO, Motorola should have implemented normal reset facility, which doesn't require any tricks. -- Eugene
