Wolfgang Denk wrote:
In message 3DA35343.3010606@onelabs.com you wrote:
We're looking at trying to merge ARMboot or BLOB into the LinuxBIOS tree to give LinuxBIOS http://www.acl.lanl.gov/linuxbios/ a common code base to boot ARM.
You may consider PPCBoot (or "Das U-Boot" = the Universal Booter as the next major release will be renamed), too.
PPCboot is where ARMBoot descended from, and where it has been merged back (more or less completely). Ports for other architectures (including ColdFire, XScale, and even x86) are in the works or being discussed.
LinuxBIOS has mainly evolved for x86 and Alpha for large clustering applications and has built up good a user and developer base. It's also gaining popularity for x86 embedded applications. LinuxBIOS also includes support for Etherboot. LinuxBIOS currently boots x86 to Linux and Plan9. It's also being used to build a new 10TeraFLOP cluster at LANL. http://www.lanl.gov/worldview/news/releases/archive/02-106.shtml
Bari