Re: [ts-7000] Re: new TS-7000 bootloader (Linux booting Linux)

[Rares Ivan <>]

nice.
what I need is to be able to boot from an SDCard connected to spi, without having to use the SDCard through the fpga. 

the only reason is power saving. I really need to save poweeerrr....

Anybody working on something similar ?



Yan Seiner <> wrote:

--- In .com, "Jesse Off" <> wrote:
>
> Hey all,
>
> We've just written a utility to allow arbitrary loading and
> execution of kernels within an already booted Linux. We believe
> this is the perfect complement to the already super-fast Linux
> bootstrap on the TS-7xxx. Our opinion is that instead of using or
> developing another high functionality bootloader (uBoot, RedBoot,
> GRUB, etc..), we'd just as well use Linux itself as the bootloader
> of choice!
>

Jesse:

That's just too slick!

Now you're going to make me build a mini-kernel - a totally stripped
down kernel to use as a bootloader. :-)

I see a lot of potential in this:

I picture loading up a mini-kernel with just enough smarts to put up a
grub-like menu, and allow me to select if I want to boot from flash,
tftp, or whatever.... And/or to load up a framebuffer and then boot
the real kernel. The possibilities are endless.....

--Yan

© 2006 Rares Ivan
  Atlanta,
 USA

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