Re: Supported Flash memory

David Woodhouse
2001-02-02T10:31:13Z

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/