Re: why not kernel images and other tools?
In message <[🔎] 20040423140156.4BB86C109F@atlas.denx.de>
Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de> wrote:
> There are not many boot loaders that support such a wide range of
> different architectures (PowerPC, ARM, MIPS, ColdFire, NIOS, ...). At
> the moment U-Boot comes with default configurations for about 200
> different board, including 29 ARM boards (not counting boards which
> come in different configurations).
I'm aware of that, as I think most of us are, but my point that it's not
appropriate for all circumstances remains. As such, we have to contend
with multiple bootloaders.
> You wrote: "There might be a call for a monolithic ARM boolloader". I
> just wanted to point out that U-Boot has been successfully in use for
> exactly this purpose for a long, long time.
No, you misquoted me. The phrase was "ARM bootloader _package_". which
is most certainly what I meant, particularly in reply to Wookey's point
of removing packages that are only in use on a few systems.
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