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Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 12:29:38 -0600
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Dan Malek wrote:
 >
 > The old PPCBoot, and probably the new U-boot, kind of perform
 > some of these functions.  The reason I'm not a fan of doing this
 > is if we make a change to the Linux calling sequence (which happens
 > rarely) you also have to update the boot rom to match.  Not a good
 > thing, IMHO.

That's a very small price to pay for all the luxury of having a smarter
boot-monitor.

And, how many times was the linux calling sequence changed in the last
two years ?

cheers


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