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Date:   Wed, 29 Nov 2023 14:02:20 -0500
From:   Tom Rini <trini@konsulko.com>
To:     Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@pengutronix.de>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 2/2] arm64: boot: Support Flat Image Tree
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On Wed, Nov 29, 2023 at 07:59:00PM +0100, Ahmad Fatoum wrote:
> Hi,
>=20
> a few more comments after decompiling the FIT image:
>=20
> On 29.11.23 18:21, Simon Glass wrote:
> > +    with fsw.add_node('kernel'):
> > +        fsw.property_string('description', args.name)
> > +        fsw.property_string('type', 'kernel_noload')
>=20
> The specification only says no loading done, but doesn't explain what it
> means for a bootloader to _not_ load an image. Looking into the U-Boot co=
mmit
> b9b50e89d317 ("image: Implement IH_TYPE_KERNEL_NOLOAD") that introduces t=
his,
> apparently no loading means ignoring load and entry address?
>=20
> I presume missing load and entry is something older U-Boot versions
> were unhappy about? Please let me know if the semantics are as I understo=
od,
> so I can prepare a barebox patch supporting it.

So the matching side for this series in U-Boot is:
https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/uboot/list/?series=3D382849&state=3D*

And in short, for IH_TYPE_KERNEL_NOLOAD we do our best to use it
in-place. For decompression we allocate some space to decompress to.

--=20
Tom

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