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Date:      Wed, 15 Jul 2015 20:15:30 -0700
From:      Tim Kientzle <tim@kientzle.com>
To:        Ian Lepore <ian@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Ronald Klop <ronald-lists@klop.ws>, freebsd-arm@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ubldr vs ubldr.bin?
Message-ID:  <D31CC1FC-4D0F-456A-BBD6-BD6CEC31B2F1@kientzle.com>
In-Reply-To: <1436978285.1334.335.camel@freebsd.org>
References:  <op.x1tfyc2ckndu52@53555a16.cm-6-6b.dynamic.ziggo.nl> <1436978285.1334.335.camel@freebsd.org>

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> On Jul 15, 2015, at 9:38 AM, Ian Lepore <ian@freebsd.org> wrote:
>=20
> ubldr.bin is a raw executable image
> (no elf headers) which is self-relocating and can be loaded at any
> address.  =E2=80=A6  a common armv6[hf] userland that runs
> on any board.  Previously the single userland difference between =
various
> arm boards is that UBLDR_LOADADDR was different for each board.

Wonderful!  Nice work.


> =E2=80=A6 and ubldr is still
> being built only for compatibility with people that have older u-boot
> installed.

Hmmm=E2=80=A6.  I wonder how Crochet should handle this.  Plenty of =
folks use Crochet to build 10-STABLE and 10.1 images, so we have to be a =
little careful about jumping ahead with new features that are only =
available in 11-CURRENT.

Any plans to MFC this?

Tim




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