Peter Stuge wrote:
On Thu, May 01, 2003 at 02:32:52PM -0500, Richard Smith wrote:
Over the last 2 weeks or so I've been building a FAQ/HOWTO based on all my experience getting LB up on our system.
This is an excellent writeup!
Thank you *blush*.
Put it on the web for all to see immediately.
Well it still needs a litte editing and proof reading yet before mass consumuption. I'd like to get some more info on all the config options.
I also need to merge it with the current FAQ. Ron is that available in text form?
Also Perhaps all the board owners can take a small break from hacking code and pick a few options they feel are important, write a small description and send them my way.
option PAYLOAD_SIZE = <n> default = ? Sets the size of the elf payload that is added to the LB rom image.
Could this be automated if it really is just the size of the payload?
Maybe I'm ahead of my time with this, but I'm thinking that the flash part or at least the flash size should be the only required size/byte/addresswise values in the configuration file and all of the rest be calculated.
Perhaps it is already and I just don't know how to use it. Currently I had to manually do the math for my rom size and payload size so that the result would match my rom part.
This allows the build system to output a final file with correct size and positioning of all blocks, alternatively an error. (e.g. "the specified payload will not fit in your flash rom, are you trying to use the Linux kernel with a small (2/4Mbit) memory? Try etherboot or ADLO instead.")
Sounds great. Would you like to try and code that up?