Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757217AbYHYVOA (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:14:00 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754445AbYHYVNp (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:13:45 -0400 Received: from mail-out.m-online.net ([212.18.0.9]:54391 "EHLO mail-out.m-online.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754176AbYHYVNo (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:13:44 -0400 X-Auth-Info: 8Hz83UcD/3V+jW/mQvPNkndSbQTG+uzJi3GbFK75zCk= X-Auth-Info: 8Hz83UcD/3V+jW/mQvPNkndSbQTG+uzJi3GbFK75zCk= X-Auth-Info: 8Hz83UcD/3V+jW/mQvPNkndSbQTG+uzJi3GbFK75zCk= X-Auth-Info: 8Hz83UcD/3V+jW/mQvPNkndSbQTG+uzJi3GbFK75zCk= X-Auth-Info: 8Hz83UcD/3V+jW/mQvPNkndSbQTG+uzJi3GbFK75zCk= To: Remy Bohmer cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List , u-boot@lists.denx.de, sam@ravnborg.org, Stefan Roese From: Wolfgang Denk Subject: Re: [U-Boot] [patch 1/2] Enable the use of an uncompressed kernel image for U-boot uImage Mime-version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT In-reply-to: <48b309fe.0a04d00a.527b.ffffa801@mx.google.com> References: <20080825191427.728251800@bohmer.net>> <48b309fe.0a04d00a.527b.ffffa801@mx.google.com> Comments: In-reply-to Remy Bohmer message dated "Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:14:28 +0200." Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:13:42 +0200 Message-Id: <20080825211342.8FE7024899@gemini.denx.de> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1305 Lines: 34 Dear Remy, In message <48b309fe.0a04d00a.527b.ffffa801@mx.google.com> you wrote: > Normally the 'zImage' is used as base for uImage. > Enable the capability to use the raw uncompressed 'Image' instead This is an interesting feature, but... > +config UNCOMPRESSED_UIMAGE > + bool "Use uncompressed kernel image for uImage" .. I think it is wrong to make this a configuration option. Instead, a separate make target should be used so you can actually chose which image you wantr (or even both versions) without having to reconfigure / rebuild the kernel. Best regards, Wolfgang Denk -- DENX Software Engineering GmbH, MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: wd@denx.de GUIs are virtually useless. Learn tools. They're configurable, scriptable, automatable, cron-able, interoperable, etc. We don't need no brain-dead winslurping monolithic claptrap. -- Tom Christiansen in 371140df@csnews -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/