Bootloader

[Andy Green]

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Somebody in the thread at some point said:

> Really, why would we need any device driver in the bootloader?
> Bootloader are not meant to deal with the device, they let the OS do it.

We have to have a little device-specific knowledge in there to get at
the kernel image over SD on VFAT for example, or it seems NAND bad block
skipping, but it should be really really minimal.

> And you're right, we could write a dozen of minimal bootloaders by the
> same time we spend fixing/maintaining u-boot.

Well if U-Boot already came patched and working, to start with it would
be quicker to use it.  But I prefer to get rid of it.

- -Andy
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