RE: [LinuxBIOS] Re: Next step with LinuxBIOS

[YhLu]

My question:
1. use initrd to put that small program?
2. what kind of features needed by that small program?

YH
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ronald G. Minnich [mailto:[e-mail]] 
> Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 10:11 AM
> To: Alan Mimms
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> Subject: RE: [LinuxBIOS] Re: Next step with LinuxBIOS
>
> although, that said, in my heart of hearts I really want to 
> run a linux kernel in there, to avoid all the driver problems 
> that come with other approaches.
>
> ron
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[LinuxBIOS] Re: Next step with LinuxBIOS

[Ronald G. Minnich]

On Thu, 19 May 2005, YhLu wrote:
> 1. use initrd to put that small program?

yeah. Kind of what we do with our clusters now. Kernel + initrd in flash 
-- or ide-flash if flash is too small.
> 2. what kind of features needed by that small program?

how about user-mode open-firmware, i.e. openbios.

ron

[LinuxBIOS] Re: Next step with LinuxBIOS

[yhlu]

1. initrd could be 200k in flash...
2. will try kexec at first.....

YH

On 5/19/05, Ronald G. Minnich <[e-mail]> wrote:
> On Thu, 19 May 2005, YhLu wrote:
> > 1. use initrd to put that small program?
>
> yeah. Kind of what we do with our clusters now. Kernel + initrd in flash
> -- or ide-flash if flash is too small.
> > 2. what kind of features needed by that small program?
>
> how about user-mode open-firmware, i.e. openbios.
>
> ron
>
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