From: "Charles Steinkuehler" <charles@steinkuehler.net>
To: <linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org>
Subject: Flash/DOC in NIC boot-rom socket
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 15:38:31 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <00c501c181c3$03639bf0$4101220a@csteinathlon> (raw)
I'm looking for a zero hardware/cable solution to hooking up some flash or a
M-Systems DiskOnChip to a "standard" PC (ie, not one of the nifty embedded
systems with a DOC socket already there).
The most straight-forward thing I've come up with so-far is to populate the
boot-rom socket of a NIC with some flash or a DOC, and write some glue
software (or customize the NIC driver) so the MTD software can talk to the
flash over the PCI bus. Since most modern NIC's support flash boot-roms,
selecting the proper NIC (I'm starting with 3C905's) and flash/DOC part
makes the hardware end "plug and play".
So...am I insane? Has anyone done something like this before, or have a
better idea for dropping some flash into a standard PC with no custom
hardware?
The goal is to replace a floppy disk holding configuration data in my
firewall/router systems, which currently boot off CD. If I can get the DOC
working, and have enough time/patience to write some BIOS code, the entire
system could even boot off the DOC, instead of booting off the CD-ROM.
Charles Steinkuehler
http://lrp.steinkuehler.net
http://c0wz.steinkuehler.net (lrp.c0wz.com mirror)
next reply other threads:[~2001-12-10 21:28 UTC|newest]
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2001-12-10 21:38 Charles Steinkuehler [this message]
2001-12-10 21:44 ` Flash/DOC in NIC boot-rom socket Russ Dill
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