In message <002a01c44fc9$201dc820$0301a8c0 at chuck2> you wrote: > > Here's another idea - how about XML? That would be two steps forward, IMO, > instead of just going from one magic structure to another.
Oh no. Don't forget that the the boot loader has to generate XML. Grrrhh... [I'd rather generate a troff document, then :-) ] > As to just trashing bd_t, does that mean users have to upgrade their > bootloader to use newer kernels, and could not switch back easily if > problems arose? Perhaps the kernel could identify whether the pointer is to > a bd_t or something else and handle it automatically? I guess you can always add some glue code (aka bootstrap loader) to the Linux kernel which converts one interface into another. Best regards, Wolfgang Denk -- Software Engineering: Embedded and Realtime Systems, Embedded Linux Phone: (+49)-8142-4596-87 Fax: (+49)-8142-4596-88 Email: wd at denx.de A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who has never learned to walk. - Franklin D. Roosevelt ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/
