RE: lots of bootldr progress

Hi Alex

I have made a variant of bootldr running in RAM that can be downloaded
via serload (see my older posting).
Then the bootldr running in RAM can be used to download another bootldr
linked for FLASH execution.

Regards
Walter

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alex Lange [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2003 9:45 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [Simpad-general] 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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