On 10 Aug 24, Loïc Minier wrote: > > So what kind of operations do we want to be able to do? > > * generate an u-boot kernel image from a zImage > - input: zImage, kernel load address > - output: uImage > * generate an u-boot initrd image from an initrd.gz > - input: initrd.gz, initrd load address > - output: uInitrd > * generate a mostly boilerplate u-boot boot script with specific > cmdline opts > - input: cmdline opts, script load address > - output: boot.cmd > > I wonder whether we want to wrap other operations such as: > * writing the kernel/initrd/script to flash or to a specific partition > according to config > * creation of boot media (partition table, vfat etc.) > * other bootloaders > > Comments welcome! Other use cases, existing software, whatever! :-)
Here are a few usecases that are important to me as a kernel developer: * A way to install new kernel .debs from x86 dev machine - Currently the only way to do it is from a fully booted system * Ability to have a 'backup' kernel/initramfs in case of broken kernels - A script running on x86 should allow me to revert to the backup kernel incase the new kernel does not boot * Easy way to modify kernel cmdline - Script to dump existing kernel cmdline and to modify it easily /Amit _______________________________________________ linaro-dev mailing list linaro-dev@lists.linaro.org http://lists.linaro.org/mailman/listinfo/linaro-dev
