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

[Markus Birth]

Public bug reported:

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.

** Affects: flash-kernel (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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

Status in flash-kernel package in Ubuntu:
  New

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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