From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 To: Stefan Jeglinski Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org Subject: Re: how to pass kernel command parameters? From: Wolfgang Denk Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 20 Jan 2004 15:27:38 EST." Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 21:38:31 +0100 Message-Id: <20040120203836.76E28C11FC@atlas.denx.de> Sender: owner-linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: In message you wrote: > > I have a Brightstar box with an MPC823, booting under 2.4.21 at the > moment. But at the "Linux/PPC load:" line I have to enter a rather > long string of parameters (IP numbers etc), I guess due to the boot > ROM code that's part of this little Brightstar device. > > What is the proper way to automate the passing of these parameters? Install U-Boot. > I'm gathering that all ppc kernel boots have this line to stop at, > but the passing of parameters to it is automated. This depends a bit on the boot loader you are using, and/or the Linux kernel wrapper used with it. If you are looking for convenience and powerful features, check out what U-Boot can do for you. See for example http://www.denx.de/twiki/bin/view/DULG/LinuxBootArgs > Should I be constructing a custom ram disk that contains the info? If > so, what's a good resource about making ram disks and how to do this? Documentation/ramdisk.txt in your Linux kernel tree? Best regards, Wolfgang Denk -- See us @ Embedded World, Nuremberg, Feb 17 - 19, Hall 12.0 Booth 440 Phone: (+49)-8142-4596-87 Fax: (+49)-8142-4596-88 Email: wd@denx.de Anything free is worth what you pay for it. ** Sent via the linuxppc-dev mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/