Hello Daniel,
sorry for being late with my questions.
Daniel Schwierzeck wrote on 2013-06-09:
MIPS: bootm: refactor initialisation of kernel cmdline MIPS: bootm: refactor initialisation of kernel environment MIPS: bootm: make initialisation of Linux environment optional MIPS: bootm: add support for generic relocation of init ramdisks MIPS: bootm: automatically initialise kernel cmdline variable 'mem' MIPS: bootm: automatically initialise kernel cmdline variables 'rd_start' and 'rd_size'
These patches changing the style, how parameters are given to the kernel (using cmdline instead of environment).
Can you explain a little, why this is necessary? Please give some references to the corresponding kernel changes or discussions, if possible.
And how about backward compatibility? Will it still be possible to boot older kernels?
When you automatically add the variable 'mem', will it still be possible to override the memory size by manually adding it to the bootargs?
Best Regards, Thomas