All of lore.kernel.org
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
From: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
To: amit lubovsky <amit.lubovsky@infineon.com>
Cc: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Re: boot kernel off an mtd device
Date: Sun, 04 Nov 2001 12:36:04 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <28599.1004877364@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3BE51956.740A1424@infineon.com>

amit.lubovsky@infineon.com said:
> Is there a way to boot the linux kernel from CFI using mtd drivers ?

No. The MTD drivers run in Linux and cannot be used before Linux is 
running. 

> I use the MIPS-5kc and I have just seen this link that talks about x86
> systems, http://www.EmbeddedLinuxWorks.com/articles/rolo_guide.html 

ROLO is x86-only, I believe. Try RedBoot. Is it this board? 
http://sources.redhat.com/ecos/boards/atlas-5K.html

--
dwmw2

      reply	other threads:[~2001-11-04 12:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <3BD575F2.35D16336@infineon.com>
     [not found] ` <18479.1003845325@redhat.com>
2001-10-24  8:36   ` mount of JFFS2 as root device amit lubovsky
2001-10-24 15:42   ` mount of JFFS2 amit lubovsky
2001-10-24 16:28     ` David Woodhouse
2001-11-04 10:32       ` boot kernel off an mtd device amit lubovsky
2001-11-04 12:36         ` David Woodhouse [this message]

Reply instructions:

You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:

* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
  and reply-to-all from there: mbox

  Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style

* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
  switches of git-send-email(1):

  git send-email \
    --in-reply-to=28599.1004877364@redhat.com \
    --to=dwmw2@infradead.org \
    --cc=amit.lubovsky@infineon.com \
    --cc=linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org \
    /path/to/YOUR_REPLY

  https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html

* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
  via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line before the message body.
This is an external index of several public inboxes,
see mirroring instructions on how to clone and mirror
all data and code used by this external index.