with Linuxtiny, I enable the 1. serial console 2. tcp/ip 3. smp ( i need apic...) 4. usb storage 5. lsi scsi disk 6. ide
the kernel get 682k.
actually space for normal payloads is 1024-128-90=806k.
how about the next step? another small program to provide 1. menu support 2. flash 3. cmos setting 4. boot from Net.. (copy to ramdisk and kexec) 5. boot from disk...(kexec...)
the small program in ramdisk or initramfs...?
Please comment
YH
El Wed, 18 May 2005 12:42:31 -0700, YhLu YhLu@tyan.com escribió:
- smp ( i need apic...)
Why? Can't you use "Local APIC support on uniprocessors" (CONFIG_X86_UP_APIC)?
YES, please send me your kernel config and I'd like to try this. The single biggest complaint we get on linubios is - no command interface - can't load a system from cdrom - can't boot from arbitrary disk - no command interface - no command interface - no command interface - no command interface - no command interface - no command interface - "we hate etherboot" - "FILO does not do enough" - "we want Open Firmware"
Oh, wait, that's more than one, but you get my drift. Please send config file!
I'd really like to get a kernel in there and start resolving these issues.
ron
Ronald G. Minnich wrote:
YES, please send me your kernel config and I'd like to try this. The single biggest complaint we get on linubios is
- no command interface
- can't load a system from cdrom
- can't boot from arbitrary disk
- no command interface
- no command interface
- no command interface
- no command interface
- no command interface
- no command interface
- "we hate etherboot"
- "FILO does not do enough"
- "we want Open Firmware"
Oh, wait, that's more than one, but you get my drift. Please send config file!
I'd really like to get a kernel in there and start resolving these issues.
I put a command line interface on Linuxbios v1 a LOOOONG time ago and we are still using it.
...but at least at the time you weren't interested in the patches. ;-)
We use it to select a kernel image in the ROM, the kernel command line options and optionally select a initrd image from ROM. ...we have lots of ROM. ;-)
Cheers! Ty
On Thu, 19 May 2005, Tyson Sawyer wrote:
...but at least at the time you weren't interested in the patches. ;-)
yeah, I remember, I was still hanging on to the 'use linux' idea.
I'd like to see it sometime ..
ron
Tyson Sawyer wrote:
Ronald G. Minnich wrote:
I'd really like to get a kernel in there and start resolving these issues.
I put a command line interface on Linuxbios v1 a LOOOONG time ago and we are still using it.
...but at least at the time you weren't interested in the patches. ;-)
We use it to select a kernel image in the ROM, the kernel command line options and optionally select a initrd image from ROM. ...we have lots of ROM. ;-)
Just FYI for all the LPC Flash users, SST is just releasing a 16 Mbit LPC Firmware Flash http://www.sst.com/products.xhtml/serial_flash/49/SST49LF016C Plenty of room for kernels in ROM now.
-Bari
On Thu, 19 May 2005, Bari Ari wrote:
Just FYI for all the LPC Flash users, SST is just releasing a 16 Mbit LPC Firmware Flash http://www.sst.com/products.xhtml/serial_flash/49/SST49LF016C Plenty of room for kernels in ROM now.
ah, heaven.
ron
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