On 02/09/07 15:39 -0400, Ward Vandewege wrote:
I've been working on adding support for the m57sli to buildrom. I'm almost there - particularly I've got filo and linux-as-a-bootloader (lab) going. Lab has a stripped down 2.6.22.2 kernel and a tiny initrd in a 1MB rom chip (25K to spare :), configured to kexec another kernel from disk. I need to do a bit more testing but I intend to have filo and lab fully functional, and hopefully I'll also have time to look at other payloads.
Now; before I post my patches to the list for review, I'd like to know what the current thinking is on the future of buildrom.
There are a couple of issues with buildrom as it stands today:
a) it's v2 only
We are working on this - by the time something real boots with V3, so will buildrom.. :)
b) there is no standardized way to use a different initrd 'skeleton' for a specific board
No, there really isn't. The LAB stuff has really fallen into disrepair since the fork from OLPC. If you are interested in beating it into shape, then please, by all means.
c) there is no standardized way to have different LinuxBIOS Config.lb files for a particular board, based on the payload
Not sure what you mean by this. Do you have an example?
Jordan