Dear Simon, In message <capnjgz0lckldpq85gfyou-z0bjgydo_ky+jex7ktb_wfdpf...@mail.gmail.com> you wrote: > > > > It is also useful for zimage to use a buffer, since it does not actually > > > put the Linux command line in the bootargs variable. > > > > ...which I consider a bug that should be fixed. > > OK I was wondering about that. > > The messy thing about zimage is that the command line comes from the > setup.bin in the kernel, and then needs to be modified. So you can't > just blindly use the 'bootargs' var. Perhaps that is why it wasn't > done?
I can't say. I never used zImages, and probably never will. > I also feel eventually that bootm could subsume zboot given the > similarities. Or maybe zboot just dies if people stop using the old > boot approach? I would not shed a tear. I cannot understand why people still use this. We should more actively encourage the use of FIT images in favour of all these old formats. Best regards, Wolfgang Denk -- DENX Software Engineering GmbH, Managing Director: Wolfgang Denk HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: w...@denx.de "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." - Bert Lantz
