From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from majordomo by infradead.org with local (Exim 3.16 #2) id 13cRJY-0006MJ-00 for mtd-list@infradead.org; Fri, 22 Sep 2000 12:48:24 +0100 Received: from wizball.ivistar.de ([212.42.243.2]) by infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 3.16 #2) id 13cRJW-0006MD-00 for mtd@infradead.org; Fri, 22 Sep 2000 12:48:22 +0100 Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 13:47:51 +0200 From: Andreas Micklei To: Juergen Beisert Cc: mtd@infradead.org Subject: Re: Choosing DiskOnChip driver Message-ID: <20000922134751.E908@bomberman.ivistar.de> References: <3.0.6.32.20000922120218.007c5650@eurodsn.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.20000922120218.007c5650@eurodsn.de>; from jbeisert@eurodsn.de on Fri, Sep 22, 2000 at 12:02:18PM +0200 Sender: owner-mtd@infradead.org List-ID: Hi, On Fri, Sep 22, 2000 at 12:02:18PM +0200, Juergen Beisert wrote: > I develop a small PC board with a DiskOnChip Millenium chip. Because it should be an embedded system I do not want use a standard BIOS like desktop pc (I need a very fast boot). Instead I want load linux direct with a small ROM routine from the DiskOnChip (this small routine do the system initializing, too). So my question: > > Is this possible with the MTD software? Which parts of grub and mtd I have to use to solve it? Can anybody help me? I asked a similar question some time ago and was referred to the following project: http://freebios.sourceforge.net/ Seems like a good starting point. -- Andreas Micklei IVISTAR Kommunikationssysteme AG Ehrenbergstr. 19 / 10245 Berlin http://www.ivistar.de To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe mtd" to majordomo@infradead.org