From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from majordomo by infradead.org with local (Exim 3.20 #2) id 14OdUn-0006gy-00 for mtd-list@infradead.org; Fri, 02 Feb 2001 10:31:13 +0000 Received: from dell-paw-3.cambridge.redhat.com ([195.224.55.237] helo=passion.cambridge.redhat.com) by infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 3.20 #2) id 14OdUl-0006gs-00 for mtd@infradead.org; Fri, 02 Feb 2001 10:31:12 +0000 From: David Woodhouse In-Reply-To: References: To: Jose Guilberto Cc: mtd@infradead.org Subject: Re: Supported Flash memory Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2001 10:30:25 +0000 Message-ID: <17953.981109825@redhat.com> Sender: owner-mtd@infradead.org List-ID: 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 To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe mtd" to majordomo@infradead.org