On Monday 21 April 2008, Wolfgang Denk wrote: > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > > > Umnmm... no. "go" is supposed to be return to U-Boot, i. e. it must > > > not overwrite (or otherwise meddle with) any U-Boot code. > > > > > > I think you should not change cache status for "go". > > > > reality is that people often times use go to execute their binary blobs. > > i also see it this way: go means to jump to some address and most likely > > never return. > > This may be your private interpretation, but it is wrong. > > Intended and documented behaviour is that "go" is used to start > standalone applications, which are supposed to return.
then how exactly are people supposed to execute their flat binaries ? none of the other boot methods allow for straight jumps that i'm aware of. otherwise i'm going to have to add even more bloat to add a slight variation on the go command: one where the documentation doesnt require it to return. -mike
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