a matter of picky terminology, but i'm reading the docs on FIT images, and in doc/uImage.FIT/source_file_format.txt, early on, i read:

"U-Boot new uImage source file format (bindings definition) ... This document defines new uImage structure ..."

and so on and so on ... a number of references that appear to describe FIT images as newer and enhanced types of uImage.

but i understood that the proper definition of uImage is the "legacy" form for u-boot, and there are now alternates such as zImage and, yes, FIT images.

the man page for "mkimage" reads:

SYNOPSIS mkimage -l [uimage file name]

mkimage [options] -f [image tree source file] [uimage file name]

mkimage [options] -F [uimage file name]

mkimage [options] (legacy mode)

and further down reads:

OPTIONS List image information:

-l [uimage file name] mkimage lists the information contained in the header of an existing U-Boot image.

Create old legacy image:

... snip ...

Create FIT image:

... snip ...

and that latter part seems to suggest that FIT images are *distinct* from the legacy images.

so what is the technically proper way to describe a FIT image? just another type of uImage? or a wholly new type of image?

rday