From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 To: linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org Subject: Re: programming ppcboot onto an sbc8260 with a vision ice From: Wolfgang Denk Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 04 Dec 2001 10:07:14 EST." <5.1.0.14.2.20011204095651.01b2b6b8@falcon.si.com> Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2001 16:28:16 +0100 Message-Id: <20011204152821.E36EBF9C0@denx.denx.de> Sender: owner-linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: In message <5.1.0.14.2.20011204095651.01b2b6b8@falcon.si.com> Jerry Van Baren wrote: > > I've used the EST vxWorks-based BootROM (disclaimer: not the latest > version) and it is nearly functional... if you use vxWorks, it works just > fine. If you warp your non-vxWorks world just right, it also works > fine. But there comes a point where you simply get sick of living in a > warped world, throw away vxWorks, and load PPCBoot. PPCBoot is MUCH easier BTW: you can use PPCBoot and still continue to use VxWorks as RTOS; PPCBoot can boot more things than just Linux - although that's is main purpose :-) Wolfgang Denk -- Software Engineering: Embedded and Realtime Systems, Embedded Linux Phone: (+49)-8142-4596-87 Fax: (+49)-8142-4596-88 Email: wd@denx.de It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech. - Mark Twain ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/