From: Wolfgang Denk Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2012 13:22:42 +0100 Subject: [U-Boot] [PATCH 05/10] pxe: use bootz instead of bootm when enabled In-Reply-To: <1354503629-25621-6-git-send-email-robherring2@gmail.com> References: <1354503629-25621-1-git-send-email-robherring2@gmail.com> <1354503629-25621-6-git-send-email-robherring2@gmail.com> Message-ID: <20121203122242.479F5200FF8@gemini.denx.de> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: u-boot@lists.denx.de Dear Rob Herring, In message <1354503629-25621-6-git-send-email-robherring2@gmail.com> you wrote: > From: Rob Herring > > Standard pxelinux servers would use zImage rather than u-boot image > format, so use bootz instead of bootm if enabled. Why would this be the case? We should encourage the use of a checksum-protected image format, i. e. the default setting should be for FIT images, followed by legacy U-Boot images, and fall back on archaic formats like zImage only when there is really no other way. 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: wd at denx.de On a clear disk you can seek forever.