[Bug 1794841] Re: flash-kernel still using u-boot for Raspberry Pi

[Dave Jones]

Ha! This aged well! I finally managed to switch us away from using
u-boot (at least on the classic images, Ubuntu Pi for Server and
Desktop, though not on Core) during the Groovy (20.10) release, but
somehow managed to forget about closing this bug!

** Changed in: flash-kernel (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Fix Released

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Title:
  flash-kernel still using u-boot for Raspberry Pi

Status in flash-kernel package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  The Raspberry Pi firmware can boot a Linux kernel perfectly fine with
  these settings in config.txt:

  kernel=vmlinuz
  initramfs initrd.img followkernel

  (Note that the space between "initramfs" and "initrd.img" is
  intentional!)

  So there's no actual need to use u-boot anymore. Also, at the moment,
  there's bug #1791466 with u-boot on the Raspberry Pi 3.

  Removing the u-boot bootloader and boot scripts would clean things up
  a lot. Also removing that shouldn't have any effect on existing
  installations because the boot script doesn't change anyways.

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