Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 04 Nov 2020 11:26:09 +0000 | From | Paul Cercueil <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH mips-next 0/2] mips: boot: add support for self-extracting FIT images (vmlinuz.itb) |
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Hi Alexander,
Le dim. 1 nov. 2020 à 15:11, Alexander Lobakin <alobakin@pm.me> a écrit : > Commit c3e2ee657418 ("MIPS: generic: Add support for zboot") added > support for self-extracting images to Generic MIPS. However, the > intended way to boot Generic MIPS kernels is using FIT Images and > UHI boot protocol, but currently there's no way to make > self-extracting > FIT Image (only legacy uzImages). > > This set consists of two parts: > 1) various cleanups in arch/mips/boot/compressed/Makefile as a > prerequisite; > 2) a new target named "vmlinuz.itb" for composing self-extracting > FIT Images, which allows to have the advantages of both UHI and > vmlinuz. > > The second part involves some scenarios duplication, but I think it > can be a subject for another series (for constifying and unifying > FIT Images rules across the architectures). > > Alexander Lobakin (2): > mips: boot: clean up self-extracting targets scenarios > mips: boot: add support for self-extracting FIT images (vmlinuz.itb)
It doesn't break anything on my end, so:
Acked-by: Paul Cercueil <paul@crapouillou.net>
for the series.
Why vmlinuz.itb and not vmlinuz.fit or vmlinuz.uhi? Is the .itb suffix already a thing?
Cheers, -Paul
> arch/mips/Makefile | 3 +- > arch/mips/boot/.gitignore | 1 + > arch/mips/boot/compressed/Makefile | 96 > +++++++++++++++++++++++++----- > 3 files changed, 85 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) > > -- > 2.29.2 > >
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