Re: Re: hh.org bootldr almost working!

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On Wednesday 21 January 2004 18:33, Ralf Miunske wrote:
> Am Mittwoch, 21. Januar 2004 18:21 schrieb Holger Freyther:
> > First because it gives me the freedom I deserve!
>
> I won't jump out of a plane, 'cause I can. I'd just do it if I got enough
> for that :-)
>
> > Second because I can set linuxargs ( Tag list )
>
> You can alwyas do inside the kernel. by external utility, make config or
> bootloader does not change the behaviour.
Ok so for example finding out ( when not looking at the src ) where UART3 is 
mapped to and use it as console. YOu've to recompile and reflash the kernel 
just because of one digit substitution? Now normally you run a kernel but 
then want to attach a console to it? Ah simply recompile and flash? Sorry my 
hardware is fucking old and compiling takes ages and serial uploading is not 
what I consider fast. 


>
> > Third Don't change the Kernel to work with a 'wrong' bootldr not setting
> > the device in r[0,1]
>
> OK, sounds reasonable :)
>
> > Fourth Having future versions of linux running on the SIMpad
>
> I can't see why not :-) Or is it (3) simply repeated? :-)
No future versions of ARMLinux might only support TAG list for configs. Sure 
you can patch around a bootldr  you can't control.


>
> > Fith Ease of development
>
Support of booting off CF Card, Multiple Boots, Boot of the jffs2 partition 
( only copy the image to the disk )...

But anyway we don't force to use a particular bootldr for now so its all about 
choiche.

regards holger

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