Re: [U-Boot-Users] [PATCH] Blackfin: implement go/boote wrappers

21 Apr 2008


      In message 200804210125.45077.vapier@gentoo.org you wrote:
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Intended and documented behaviour is that "go" is used to start
standalone applications, which are supposed to return.
then how exactly are people supposed to execute their flat binaries ?  none of
I am not an expert for the Blackfin implementation. But "go"  is  for
standalone applications. The "boot*" commands are intended to boot OS
images.
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the other boot methods allow for straight jumps that i'm aware of.  otherwise 
i'm going to have to add even more bloat to add a slight variation on the go 
command: one where the documentation doesnt require it to return.
That makes no sense to me. If you want to boot some OS, use a "boot*"
commands, not "go" or the like.
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
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