Dear Liberty, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: ... > recommendations for ARM software. One of the biggest hurdles we face > that have previously kept us in the x86 market was the BIOS. There are > those who tell me that Linux-arm has bootloaders, such as brog, that can > allow one to quickly make a BIOS/Linux-bootloader within a few weeks!
Depending on the complexity of your hardware, porting U-Boot to a new board is a job of 1...2 weeks for an experienced developer. See http://u-boot.sf.net/ and http://www.denx.de/twiki/bin/view/DULG > I'm dubious of such claims, and I was wondering what the people on this > list use for their BIOS, and how long does it typically take to produce > a working BIOS for their ARM products that can boot Linux. This depends on your experience. See above. Best regards, Wolfgang Denk -- See us @ Embedded World, Nuremberg, Feb 17 - 19, Hall 12.0 Booth 440 Phone: (+49)-8142-4596-87 Fax: (+49)-8142-4596-88 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boss, n.: According to the Oxford English Dictionary, in the Middle Ages the words "boss" and "botch" were largely synonymous, except that boss, in addition to meaning "a supervisor of workers" also meant "an ornamental stud."
