From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from 1wt.eu ([62.212.114.60]) by merlin.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80.1 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1UZeTi-0007hj-5C for barebox@lists.infradead.org; Tue, 07 May 2013 09:46:35 +0000 Date: Tue, 7 May 2013 11:46:07 +0200 From: Willy Tarreau Message-ID: <20130507094607.GD465@1wt.eu> References: <20130506141447.GO13393@game.jcrosoft.org> <20130506143113.GB22505@1wt.eu> <20130506193422.GA30509@game.jcrosoft.org> <20130506195359.GK22505@1wt.eu> <20130506222104.7ea22be0@skate> <20130506203540.GC30509@game.jcrosoft.org> <20130506224456.3d32284d@skate> <20130506205631.GM32299@pengutronix.de> <20130506230337.30516881@skate> <20130507093324.GA1884@game.jcrosoft.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20130507093324.GA1884@game.jcrosoft.org> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: "barebox" Errors-To: barebox-bounces+u.kleine-koenig=pengutronix.de@lists.infradead.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/7] scripts: new kwbimage manipulation tool for Marvell SoC boot images To: Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD Cc: Thomas Petazzoni , Lior Amsalem , Jason Cooper , barebox@lists.infradead.org, Ezequiel Garcia On Tue, May 07, 2013 at 11:33:24AM +0200, Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD wrote: > no you do not need to generate an image (file) you just need to upload it I disagree with you on this. While this can generally be true, I (as a user) absolutely want to have an image that I can upload using various tools, as I had several issues while trying to upload the image on the mirabox the first time, leading me to try several different tools. Also, please note that Xmodem is commonly supported by many terminal servers on many platforms and does not require that you try to build your code on these platforms. In my opinion, the C code should provide a portable, multi-platform binary, and an external tool should transform it to the finally uploadable binary image for your specific board or CPU. That way you can ship pre-compiled binary barebox code if you want, and have the end user adapt it to his own board. I don't see how this could be a problem. Willy _______________________________________________ barebox mailing list barebox@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/barebox