[yocto] any YP machines or functionality that still require uImage creation?

[Denys Dmytriyenko]

On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 06:58:17AM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> 
>   i just noticed that the machine config file for mpc8315e-rdb still
> lists "uImage" as the default image type:
> 
> KERNEL_IMAGETYPE = "uImage"
> IMAGE_BOOT_FILES ?= "u-boot.bin uImage uImage-mpc8315erdb.dtb;dtb"
> 
> is there anything about that target that still *requires* uImage
> creation, as opposed to zImage?
> 
>   given that uImage is considered u-boot's "legacy" format, is there
> any drawback to making zImage the default image type, and letting
> folks drop back to uImage if they choose?
> 
>   put another way, is there anything that currently *ever* requires
> the creation/use of a uImage format?

There are some boot methods/use-cases that only work with uImage. Not sure if 
that's the case with mpc8315e-rdb though...

-- 
Denys