allow buflib_free to check for invalid or already freed handles
within the function -- remove all the invalid handle guards thru core_free
Change-Id: Ibdcbc82760fc93b674c42283fca420d94907df8e
Basically, there's longstanding bug in Linux with self-extracting
kernels on MIPS which just happened to manifest now on the M3K as
a hang on boot. The fix is applied to the M3K and Q1 since they
both use this type of kernel image.
Change-Id: I17d2bad6eebd677cd6d2e0bf146450c71fcf1229
Adds a loader for the legacy uImage format that is commonly used on
embedded Linux systems. It verifies checksums and supports uncompressed
and gzipped images. Supports arbitrary reader functions to allow the
images to be streamed off any storage device, for optimal RAM use.
Change-Id: I93c35f9a6f323999a22a07300e05627fabfcbd2c
