OpenBIOS, LinuxBIOS, FreeBIOS ???

[Per Dalgas Jakobsen (OpenBIOS)]

Hi all,

General question:
I have been googling OpenBIOS, LinuxBIOS and FreeBIOS a bit, but I'm a 
little confused about the connection between them. Perhaps someone can 
clarify this for me?

Specific questions:
I have a Lippert Cool RoadRunner II (CRR2) board, consisting of a 
National Geode (GX1), a CX5530 and a 256KB Flash BIOS. It is set-up with 
a compact flash card (connected to the primary EIDE on the board).
I would like it to boot up directly into Linux or RTEMS (*fast*). With 
the current BIOS, I have boot-time (reset to bootloader start) of approx 
6 seconds.
Any recommendations?
Should I stick with the current BIOS? Should I use one or the other 
Linux-/Open-/Free-BIOS?
Any experience with this chipset-combination?
How much work would you think is needed to get it to work?

Thanks

~Per

[Markus Boas]

Am Montag 18 Juli 2005 11:54 schrieb Per Dalgas Jakobsen (OpenBIOS):
> Hi all,
>
> General question:
> I have been googling OpenBIOS, LinuxBIOS and FreeBIOS a bit, but I'm a
> little confused about the connection between them. Perhaps someone can
> clarify this for me?
>
> Specific questions:
> I have a Lippert Cool RoadRunner II (CRR2) board, consisting of a
> National Geode (GX1), a CX5530 and a 256KB Flash BIOS. It is set-up with
> a compact flash card (connected to the primary EIDE on the board).
> I would like it to boot up directly into Linux or RTEMS (*fast*). With
> the current BIOS, I have boot-time (reset to bootloader start) of approx
> 6 seconds.
> Any recommendations?
> Should I stick with the current BIOS? Should I use one or the other
> Linux-/Open-/Free-BIOS?
> Any experience with this chipset-combination?
> How much work would you think is needed to get it to work?
>
> Thanks
>
> ~Per

If I know, thought Boards use a hardcodes bootloader, like jamon or same 
simular. By the way, 6 s are fast.

Ryven

[Ronald G. Minnich]

On Mon, 18 Jul 2005, Per Dalgas Jakobsen (OpenBIOS) wrote:
> Specific questions:
> I have a Lippert Cool RoadRunner II (CRR2) board, consisting of a National
> Geode (GX1), a CX5530 and a 256KB Flash BIOS. It is set-up with a compact
> flash card (connected to the primary EIDE on the board).

This board was supported as the cool roadrunner under V1 of linuxbios.
> I would like it to boot up directly into Linux or RTEMS (*fast*). With the
> current BIOS, I have boot-time (reset to bootloader start) of approx 6
> seconds.

boot *to linux* under linuxbios was about 5 seconds. Is that fast enough, 
or ...
> How much work would you think is needed to get it to work?

not a lot. I think hamish is close.

ron

[Per Dalgas Jakobsen (OpenBIOS)]

Hi Ron,
> > I have a Lippert Cool RoadRunner II (CRR2) board...
>
> This board was supported as the cool roadrunner under V1 of linuxbios.

Perfect, how comes it is not in the new version?
> > With the current BIOS, I have boot-time (reset to bootloader start) of
> > approx 6 seconds.
>
> boot *to linux* under linuxbios was about 5 seconds. Is that fast enough, 
> or ...

By *to linux* I take you mean: to user-application starts to load!?
If thats the case, it's 5 seconds from perfection ;-) Not bad :-)

~Per

[Ronald G. Minnich]

On Mon, 18 Jul 2005, Per Dalgas Jakobsen (OpenBIOS) wrote:
> Perfect, how comes it is not in the new version?

lack of time.
> By *to linux* I take you mean: to user-application starts to load!?

yes.
> If thats the case, it's 5 seconds from perfection ;-) Not bad :-)

yes. I would like it to be faster. FLASH is so 
slooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow

ron