[LinuxBIOS] Fwd: Re: Port V1 -> V2

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     Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 09:56:19 -0500
     From: [e-mail]
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  Subject: Re: [LinuxBIOS] Port V1 -> V2
       To: ron minnich

Excellent! I also have another question. I have the source code to a
Linux port driver and would like to build it and add it to the
linuxbios so it is activated at boot up. Is this possible or would the
port driver have to be run after the kernel launches i.e. software
instead of firmware? Does this make sense?

Thanks - Joe

Quoting ron minnich :
> It's not real hard and, if you want to do this interactively, i.e. via
> this list, we can help.
>
> If I get time I'll take a look. I'm here in brussels working with
> stefan (as soon as I can find him:-)
> on things
>
> ron

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[LinuxBIOS] Port V1 -> V2

I guess what I mean below is I have a tv-out encoder chip that I would  
like to enable at boot (at the bios level). Can anyone point me in the  
right direction?

Thanks - Joe

Quoting [e-mail]:
> Excellent! I also have another question. I have the source code to a
> Linux port driver and would like to build it and add it to the
> linuxbios so it is activated at boot up. Is this possible or would the
> port driver have to be run after the kernel launches i.e. software
> instead of firmware? Does this make sense?
> Thanks - Joe
>
> linuxbios mailing list
> [e-mail]
> http://www.openbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

[LinuxBIOS] Port V1 -> V2

[Uwe Hermann]

Hi,

On Wed, Feb 21, 2007 at 06:24:25PM -0500, [e-mail] wrote:
> I guess what I mean below is I have a tv-out encoder chip that I would  
> like to enable at boot (at the bios level). Can anyone point me in the  
> right direction?

You mean a Linux kernel driver?

The way to go would then be to use LinuxBIOS to boot a small Linux
kernel as payload with that driver (you can put all of that in the BIOS
chip if it's big enough).

Uwe.

[LinuxBIOS] Port V1 -> V2

Quoting Uwe Hermann :
> Hi,
>
> On Wed, Feb 21, 2007 at 06:24:25PM -0500, [e-mail] wrote:
> > I guess what I mean below is I have a tv-out encoder chip that I would
> > like to enable at boot (at the bios level). Can anyone point me in the
> > right direction?
>
> You mean a Linux kernel driver?
>
> The way to go would then be to use LinuxBIOS to boot a small Linux
> kernel as payload with that driver (you can put all of that in the BIOS
> chip if it's big enough).
> Uwe.
>
> http://www.hermann-uwe.de  | http://www.holsham-traders.de
> http://www.crazy-hacks.org | http://www.unmaintained-free-software.org

Yep it is a kernel port driver. This is what I thought would need to  
be done. If I do it this way though I will not be able to use filo or  
etherboot. Is that correct?

Thanks - Joe

[LinuxBIOS] Port V1 -> V2

[Peter Stuge]

On Thu, Feb 22, 2007 at 07:57:35AM -0500, [e-mail] wrote:
> Yep it is a kernel port driver.

Hmm, "port" ?
> This is what I thought would need to be done. If I do it this way
> though I will not be able to use filo or etherboot. Is that
> correct?

Yes, but you probably don't need to if you only want to start Linux.

Linux can kexec another Linux, or you could just put the final Linux
in flash for even faster boot.

//Peter