Re: [U-Boot] [PATCH v2 3/3] image: Allow images to indicate they're loadable at any address

Dear Stephen Warren,

In message 74CDBE0F657A3D45AFBB94109FB122FF173F9A51AC@HQMAIL01.nvidia.com you wrote:

"Stuck with" isn't really a good description.

It is, IMO.

zImage is a way of booting ARM Linux. There may be others(?), but zImage is certainly a valid and popular mechanism. I don't see any reason to

Well, and uImage is the way of booting any OS on any architecture in U-Boot. It's certainly a valid and popular mechanism.

I think a discussion on such a base is not exactly constructive.

What exactly is wrong with the use of relative (offset) addresses?

And what made you change your mind?

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk