From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <199901220857.AAA10924@avocet.prod.itd.earthlink.net> Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 14:25:03 -0000 (GMT) From: Gary Thomas To: Pink X Subject: RE: Embedded ppc project Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org Sender: owner-linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: On 22-Jan-99 Pink X wrote: > > > Can someone give me a brief overview of how the boot process works for > linuxppc on non-mac, non-open firmware hardware? > > For instance, we're looking at a custom processor board for a project... > basically it will have a CPU, a DiskOnChip of about 24MB, RAM and a > drive. Will it be hugely difficult to get linuxppc to boot out of the > DoC (with a kernal and compress root ramdisk in the DiskOnChip) Does the > kernel make assumptions about there being certain types of hardware or a > open firmware roms being there? Will it be hugely difficult for (very > experienced programmers who have worked on unix but not linux > specifically) to get the kernal hacked to our hardware formfactor (not > counting any I/O work, just booting in this environment.) > > Any advice appreciated! We may go with the RPCLite board, but we kinda > need a 603e level of power. (So any 603e @200+MHz embedded boards would > be great to hear about, we've not found any yet.) > One place to look is: Cogent Computer Systems (508) 278-9400 http://www.cogcomp.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Gary Thomas | email: gdt@linuxppc.org | "Fine wine is a necessity of ... opinions expressed here are mine | life for me" and no one else would claim them! | | Thomas Jefferson ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [[ This message was sent via the linuxppc-dev mailing list. Replies are ]] [[ not forced back to the list, so be sure to Cc linuxppc-dev if your ]] [[ reply is of general interest. To unsubscribe from linuxppc-dev, send ]] [[ the message 'unsubscribe' to linuxppc-dev-request@lists.linuxppc.org ]]