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    SubjectRe: [PATCH 0/5] kbuild
    On Tue, Jun 15, 2004 at 11:02:40PM +0200, Sam Ravnborg wrote:

    > On Tue, Jun 15, 2004 at 12:27:40PM -0700, Tom Rini wrote:
    > >
    > > What I don't see is why:
    > > 'znetboot - Build a zImage and put into /tftpboot/
    > > uImage - Build an image for U-Boot
    > > rom.img - Build an image to live on ROM
    > > srec - Build an SREC image'
    > >
    > > etc, isn't sufficient, in the archhelp.
    >
    > Two things.
    > 1) You better remember to specify them each and every time.
    > Otherwise uImage gets out of sync with the kernel.

    Yes, you better. If you want the kernel to do a little extra for you,
    you need to remember to tell it that.

    > 2) I know the srec format, but that is no help to expaling me
    > the actual content of the file.
    > Memory layout, start address or whatever. Where to find this info.
    > Same goes for other targets. I you know your stuff no swaet.
    > But for $random hacker it becomes another obstacle

    Let me try this a different way. The only valid boot targets on ppc32
    are:
    - zImage (which is what all does)
    - znetboot (zImage + copy to /tftpboot/)
    - uImage (U-Boot'ify a kernel)

    wrt the last one, I'm torn between making it something that always
    happens, since it's just so easy, and if it fails, we can just not care
    about it (||true it, or something) or just not worry about it, since if
    you're using U-Boot most likely you've already flashed it on, and know
    what you're doing).

    The "pick the right target" mojo done to ppc32 is like doing it on i386,
    it's not a good example of what'll be cleaned up. Same, so it seems,
    with ARM. WRT MIPS, I've pointed Ralf at the thread, and he should
    speak up soon, I hope :)

    --
    Tom Rini
    http://gate.crashing.org/~trini/
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