On Thu, 15 Oct 1998, Oleg Perelet wrote:
> >is to choose a simple device most people *do* have - and the simplest is
> >an IDE drive.....ATA....
> Mainly you don't need any changes to boot standard Linux this way,
> PC104 people boot stock distribution with no problem.
That's still not the point. The point is to make something that people who
don't have PC104 can get started with.
> What I think can be discussed is booting from EPROM. Actually after
> looking at list archieves I see that few people done this.
> Here is part of [EMAIL PROTECTED] e-mail:
>
> > * VGA Contoller Access: [y/n]
> > * BogoMIPS: [#]
> > * Keyboard Controller: [y/n]
> > * Keyboard/Console on serial port: [y/n]
> > - Port #: [#]
> > - Baud Rate: [#]
> > - Bits: [7/8]
> > - Parity: [e/o/s/n]
> > * Timer 0 Clock: [# Mhz] (used to calculate divisor for 100Hz)
> > * Extended Memory: [# MB]
> > * Additional Memory Area: [0x??? - 0x???] For UMB type stuff?
>
> Was this ever implemented? It looks like good start.
I've done most of this but the product hasn't been released, and I no
longer have access to the code.
> >except that the memory map details have to be configurable for a generic
> >system.
>
> in some cases yes, but then, you hit system architecture, In most cases
> memory map's are pretty much CPU/board specific, usually (386EX? and AMD)
> you configure them in a way you configure PCMCIA windows, but it may vary...
My point exactly. The memory map the kernel uses (not the one the hardware
*has*) has to be configurable. Where does it load the kernel when it
boots, etc.
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