From: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
To: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: Karsten Merker <karsten@excalibur.cologne.de>,
Linux/MIPS Development <linux-mips@linux-mips.org>
Subject: Re: MIPS Kernel size
Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2004 20:59:37 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040202195937.GB24843@linux-mips.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.58.0402022049140.19699@waterleaf.sonytel.be>
On Mon, Feb 02, 2004 at 08:50:38PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > That would be possible - but would still leave all the other limitations
> > of the original firmware such as not supporting netboots. Peter Horten
> > seem to have worked on something better.
>
> Unles the second stage booter supports netboots. I don't know anything about
> the Cobalt firmware, but just using it to load something like uBoot should be
> possible, right?
Oh, it boots everything as long as it's a compress ELF executable named
/vmlinux.gz on a PC-style partitioned disk with an ext2 filesystem
(must be revision 0!) on it's first partition or it uploaded with cu(1)'s
send file command at 115200bps, 8N1. No luxury, whistles or bells at
all.
Ralf
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-02-02 19:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-01-27 14:51 MIPS Kernel size kip.r2
2004-01-27 16:10 ` Thiemo Seufer
2004-02-02 14:09 ` Ralf Baechle
2004-02-02 18:43 ` Karsten Merker
2004-02-02 18:57 ` Ralf Baechle
2004-02-02 19:38 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2004-02-02 19:46 ` Ralf Baechle
2004-02-02 19:50 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2004-02-02 19:59 ` Ralf Baechle [this message]
2004-02-02 20:07 ` Thiemo Seufer
2004-02-02 20:32 ` Ralf Baechle
2004-02-02 22:29 ` Peter Horton
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2004-02-02 16:12 Smith, Todd
2004-02-02 18:53 ` Ralf Baechle
2004-02-02 21:48 Smith, Todd
2004-02-03 13:41 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2004-02-03 15:17 ` Ralf Baechle
2004-02-03 14:50 ` Jan-Benedict Glaw
2004-02-03 15:18 ` Ralf Baechle
2004-02-03 16:52 ` Jan-Benedict Glaw
2004-02-03 17:07 ` Ralf Baechle
2004-02-03 15:16 ` Ralf Baechle
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