Wolfgang Denk wrote:
In message 4769258D.6090709@semihalf.com you wrote:
The hooks idea sounds reasonable but, the problem is that there isn't really any such thing like "main fromat processing code".
The 'bootm' command code does a lot of image related manipulation but it's not generic or main format processing code. It is rather a specialized
But it's *the* generic command for booting a Linux kernel.
Right.
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imls would probably have it's ownset of image type hooks - while you would register some "boot me" type of handlers with bootm, you would register some "display me" type of handlers with imls.
imxtract will have to be changed completely in any case.
And all of them process images directly, finding necessary information on their own.
This is no argument for not creating some more centralized image processing code, or is it?
No, it's not. But I have doubts whether bootm is a good place for it. Maybe we should rather go for new generic command, something like 'imrun' or similar. And maybe even, move standalone application execution from bootm to a dedicated hook that'll be available from 'imrun'. This way, bootm would become strict OS booting command, potentially also available from 'imrun' via a hook.
How that sounds?
Cheers, Marian