[PATCH] ARM: add support for uncompressed uImage kernel

[Uwe Kleine-König]

On Tue, Nov 09, 2010 at 02:04:55PM +0000, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> Is it really faster to copy an uncompressed image than it is to
> decompress using LZMA with caches on?
> 
> Remember that in terms of fast boot, uboot sucks - it's way over the
> top of what you need.  Eg, it always copies the image to RAM before
> executing it.  That gives two problems:
Last time I checked (which is a few years ago) U-Boot was well able to
start a ZBOOT_ROM image.  I'd be surprised if U-Boot lost that ability.

Best regards
Uwe

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