On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 1:45 AM, Rob Landley <r...@landley.net> wrote: > On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 2:26 AM, Grant Likely <grant.lik...@secretlab.ca> > wrote: >> What is the boot sequence for the embedded x86 platforms? Is there >> still a bootloader? > > There's no one embedded setup on any platform, but one of the few > constants of embedded development is trying to eliminate unnecessary > requirements. > > Just on standard-ish PC hardware I've seen people try to stick Linux in the > BIOS flash (generally not enough room), I've seen people try to stick > it as the first stage PXE payload, there's the fun and games with > kexec of emergency kernels for crash dumps... > > If the capability to skip an unnecessary bootloader was available, people > would use it.
Right, but in all of those cases a boot wrapper provides the same functionality with better flexability, such as being able to provided the dtb image(s) at install time instead of compile time. g. _______________________________________________ devicetree-discuss mailing list devicetree-discuss@lists.ozlabs.org https://lists.ozlabs.org/listinfo/devicetree-discuss
