Bug#720286: flash-kernel: Please support PlatHome OpenBlocks AX3-4 board
On Wed, 2013-09-04 at 16:31 +0900, Nobuhiro Iwamatsu wrote:
> Hi,
>
> 2013/8/20 Ian Campbell <ijc@hellion.org.uk>:
> > On Tue, 2013-08-20 at 13:12 +0900, Nobuhiro Iwamatsu wrote:
> >> +U-Boot-Kernel-Address: 0x2000000
> >> +U-Boot-Kernel-Entry-Point: 0x2000040
> >
> > 0x40 is the size of the uImage header, I think. So this is just skipping
> > the header and jumping directly into the zImage contained within?
> > Perhaps because this platform uses bootz instead of bootm?
> >
> > In that case why bother with the uImage at all -- why not just install
> > the zImage as the kernel and jump to its head?
> >
>
> Yes, you are right and bootz is god solution for multi platform.
> But this machine does not support BOOTZ in u-boot.
OK, I guess I was just a bit confused by the entry point pointing into
the middle of the image, right after the u-boot header, then.
Ian.
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