lots of bootldr progress

Hi,

I've found lot's of time today to do some stuff for the bootloader.
PCMCIA stuff is completely done now. It is possible to copy around files, 
reflash the flash using a cf card (much faster then serial cable) and boot a 
kernel off a pcmcia card (only vfat partitions supported).
The new bootloader will now always boot and will not lock up anymore as it 
sometimes used to do. The display is beeing turned off while the bootloader 
is running. Just the green LED is lit.
The simpad can completely be haltet and linuxargs can easily be set. It's also 
possible to define unlimited partitions. Usually just two partitions will 
remain as on the ipaq's, the 256KB bootloader partition and the rest will be 
root partition.

Unfortunately, still only 16MB of flash memory are found. If we geht the flash 
going the bootloader can be released (and we need to find a way how to flash 
the bootloader the first time for people who don't have a jtag interface...).

get the new version off my site:
http://handhelds.org/~chicken/simpad-bootldr.tar.bz2


cya and have fun ;)
Alex



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