In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > > On Aug 7, 2008, at 2:34 PM, Wolfgang Denk wrote: > > > In any case, I expoect the total numbers of lines of code in U-Boot to > > go down by quite an amount - for example, if we manage to get rid of > > all the code duplication we have now across architectures. > > I doubt this is really going to happen because the majority of code is > specific to the mechanism used to boot a kernel that is arch specific. > > (ie, the ePAPR style interface on PPC, the TAGs support on ARM, etc.) > > I dont see how we reduce code in that area (since it seems > fundamentally arch specific).
There is a lot of common code - verify and uncompress the Linux kernel image; check for existence of, then verify and load the ramdisk, etc. Best regards, Wolfgang Denk -- DENX Software Engineering GmbH, MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In general, if you think something isn't in Perl, try it out, because it usually is :-) - Larry Wall in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ U-Boot-Users mailing list U-Boot-Users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/u-boot-users
