Re: [RFC] New target 'cuImage' - compatibility uImage

On Thu, Aug 03, 2006 at 11:02:14AM -0500, Matthew McClintock wrote:

On Thu, 2006-08-03 at 23:56 +0800, Li Yang wrote:

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If U-boot supports uncompressed kernel image in uImage, I think it
will be better to use this scheme:

u-boot header + wrapper + FDT + compressed kernel image

As kernel image will be uncompressed to its loading address directly.
While in your proposal, it needs to be moved one more time.

This is an option. But, I do not see a reason why you would not still
opt to compress everything. Especially since it is already working.
Comments anyone?

Yes...sort of.  I believe that one of the goals is to be able to tack
an fdt onto a zImage/uImage/whatever long after that image has been
built.  That would be simpler if the fdt wasn't compressed. 

A proper tool can handle this, of course, but it would be simpler and
not a huge waste of space to keep the fdt uncompressed.

But, as long as we have tools to view and modify the fdt that in the
clump of bits, I don't really care that much.

Mark