[yocto] uImage instead of zImage

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Fri, 18 Oct 2013, Edward Vidal wrote:

> hello all,
> I am trying to get a uImage instead of zImage
> My beagleboard before created a uImage now with dora I get a zImage.
>
>   in the mega-manual I see the following .
>
>   KERNEL_IMAGETYPE
>
>       The type of kernel to build for a device, usually set by the machine configuration files and defaults to "zImage". This variable is used when building the kernel
>       and is passed to make as the target to build.

  is there a specific reason you want a uImage, given that a zImage
is, these days, a better choice? after all, the current u-boot now, by
default, will try to boot a zImage for the beaglebone.

rday

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