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author | Marian Balakowicz <m8@semihalf.com> | 2008-03-12 12:13:13 +0100 |
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committer | Marian Balakowicz <m8@semihalf.com> | 2008-03-12 12:13:13 +0100 |
commit | 3310c549a73a949430bfda90876df7552a1dab0c (patch) | |
tree | bfd832e22703cef3ecf67462e82bbf6008a3e4a4 /README | |
parent | 1ec73761d2e247078f4520a265d463e8b73391a2 (diff) | |
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[new uImage] Add new uImage format documentation and examples
Create doc/uImage.FIT documentation directory with the following files:
- command_syntax_extensions.txt : extended command syntax description
- howto.txt : short usage howto
- source_file_format.txt : internal new uImage format description
Add example image source files:
- kernel.its
- kernel_fdt.its
- multi.its
Update README appropriately.
Signed-off-by: Marian Balakowicz <m8@semihalf.com>
Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Sieka <tur@semihalf.com>
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@@ -2684,6 +2684,14 @@ Some configuration options can be set using Environment Variables: configuration from the BOOTP server, but not try to load any image using TFTP + autoscript - if set to "yes" commands like "loadb", "loady", + "bootp", "tftpb", "rarpboot" and "nfs" will attempt + to automatically run script images (by internally + calling "autoscript"). + + autoscript_uname - if script image is in a format (FIT) this + variable is used to get script subimage unit name. + autostart - if set to "yes", an image loaded using the "bootp", "rarpboot", "tftpboot" or "diskboot" commands will be automatically started (by internally calling @@ -2898,10 +2906,24 @@ o If neither SROM nor the environment contain a MAC address, an error Image Formats: ============== -The "boot" commands of this monitor operate on "image" files which -can be basicly anything, preceeded by a special header; see the -definitions in include/image.h for details; basicly, the header -defines the following image properties: +U-Boot is capable of booting (and performing other auxiliary operations on) +images in two formats: + +New uImage format (FIT) +----------------------- + +Flexible and powerful format based on Flattened Image Tree -- FIT (similar +to Flattened Device Tree). It allows the use of images with multiple +components (several kernels, ramdisks, etc.), with contents protected by +SHA1, MD5 or CRC32. More details are found in the doc/uImage.FIT directory. + + +Old uImage format +----------------- + +Old image format is based on binary files which can be basically anything, +preceded by a special header; see the definitions in include/image.h for +details; basically, the header defines the following image properties: * Target Operating System (Provisions for OpenBSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD, 4.4BSD, Linux, SVR4, Esix, Solaris, Irix, SCO, Dell, NCR, VxWorks, |