On Fri, 8 Aug 2003, Adam Agnew wrote:
for example;
linuxBIOS -> VGA Search and Init ROM ELF
with its own printk, etc?
<- Back to linuxBIOS linuxBIOS ->
with its own printk, etc?
Polled IDE & File Systems Support ELF
Success: -> Linux Failure <- Back to LinuxBIOS LinuxBIOS ->
with its own printk, etc?
Etherboot tftp boot ELF Success: -> Linux Failure <- Back to LinuxBIOS LinuxBIOS ->
with its own printk, etc?
Last Ditch Effort Floppy Boot ELF
with its own printk, etc?
Success: -> Linux Failure <- Back to LinuxBIOS
I just don't see this as the best approach. If we're going to have some flexibilty in boot modules, why not just compile them in in a flexible way, as opposed to building them all separately? What's the advantage?
ron