svn commit: r282591 - projects/release-arm-redux/release/arm

[Glen Barber]

On Thu, May 07, 2015 at 03:27:02PM -0600, Ian Lepore wrote:
> On Thu, 2015-05-07 at 17:50 +0000, Glen Barber wrote:
> > Author: gjb
> > Date: Thu May  7 17:50:24 2015
> > New Revision: 282591
> > URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/282591
> > 
> > Log:
> >   Set UBLDR_LOADADDR for the BEAGLEBONE image.
> >   
> >   Sponsored by:	The FreeBSD Foundation
> 
> An FYI for planning purposes... we're getting closer to the point where
> UBLDR_LOADADDR won't be needed and a single buildworld of armv6[hf] will
> be usable on every system/board/soc.  I hacked together a relocatable
> ubldr that can be loaded at any address, enough for a proof of concept,
> yesterday.  It needs some cleaning up and some pondering about how to
> make the transition smooth for users (it requires matching changes in
> the u-boot config).
> 
> The remaining differences between images will be which kernel to install
> and which u-boot pkg to add.
> 

This is fantastic news.  Thank you for the heads-up.

Glen

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