4 Oct
2007
4 Oct
'07
5:52 p.m.
On Wed, 3 Oct 2007 12:01:28 +0200 Rafal Jaworowski raj@semihalf.com wrote:
This patchset attempts to implement an API for external applications, where the existing jumptable mechanism is too simplified. We needed a more robust and generic interface to access U-Boot resources for FreeBSD loader and came up with this approach.
Since nobody else has asked yet: Why? Can't you just pass the parameters you need through a boot protocol like everyone else does?
- API layer comes for the 8.5 KB increase in U-Boot's raw binary
footprint
That's pretty large for a layer that doesn't really add any new functionality...
Haavard