Simon Kagstrom wrote: [...]
I'm using U-boot 1.3.0 to boot Linux on a Freescale MPC8349E-mITX, and I have a small issue with multi-file images. I use a device tree but no initrd, and I'm not quite sure how to boot the image in a good way. The image is created in this way:
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I solved it for now by creating a standalone application which reads the multi-file image and sets the "fdtaddr" environment variable if it finds one.
Hi Simon,
Another workaround is to use a mulit-image file with three images (kernel, initrd, blob) and ignore the second one by calling "bootm <addr> -". Note that the second image in the file can a bogus one-byte file (it needs to be at least one byte in size, because mkimage refuses the create a multi-image file with a zero-sized member).
Note that this booting scenario will be supported in a much more elegant manner once the new image format is developed. Please stay tuned.
Regards, Bartlomiej