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From: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
To: Jose Guilberto <guilbert@ee.nmt.edu>
Cc: mtd@infradead.org
Subject: Re: Supported Flash memory
Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2001 10:30:25 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <17953.981109825@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10102011745120.12474-100000@bering.nmt.edu>


guilbert@ee.nmt.edu said:
> 
> 	Is it possible to boot Linux from any kind of flash memory with the
> MTD project? If not, what are the basic requirements of the flash
> memory on a SBC to allow booting from it?  

The MTD stuff doesn't really handle booting - it's only Linux drivers for 
once you've managed to boot the kernel. There are some patches for Grub to 
make it work from a DiskOnChip, and there is some code in the boot/ 
directory of the CVS tree for making the kernel boot from ROM/flash as a 
BIOS extension. Also see LinuxBIOS  - http://www.linuxbios.org/

--
dwmw2




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  reply	other threads:[~2001-02-02 10:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-02-02  0:49 Supported Flash memory Jose Guilberto
2001-02-02 10:30 ` David Woodhouse [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2001-01-04 19:28 Supported flash memory Russ.Dill
2001-01-05 12:05 ` David Woodhouse
2001-01-05 13:56   ` Kenneth Johansson
2001-01-05 14:09     ` David Woodhouse
     [not found]   ` <978711806.3a55f4fe37922@webmail1.asu.edu>
2001-01-05 16:29     ` David Woodhouse
2001-01-05 16:57       ` Kenneth Johansson
2001-01-05 17:03         ` David Woodhouse
2001-01-05 18:01           ` Nicolas Pitre
2001-01-05 21:07             ` David Woodhouse
2001-01-07 16:42         ` David Woodhouse
2001-01-05 17:53       ` Nicolas Pitre

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