Sébastien Hinderer wrote: > Hi, > > Peter Stuge : >>> So, do you think that a socket could fit if a compact flash card >>> reader does? >> The socket I have in mind is from Emulation Technology: >> >> http://www.emulation.com/catalog/off-the-shelf_solutions/sockets/tsop/ >> >> It's 5.33mm high which is more than the most slim CF sockets, but it >> may just fit. >> >> Is it possible to use the system with the top off if the socket >> doesn't fit? Perhaps a hole could be cut in the lid? > > Samuel probably knows better than I do what to answer to these > questions. > > What I don't understand very well is what this socket oes exactly. > The idea would be tosolder it to the mother board, and then one would be > able to put the chip we want in the socket, meaning switching betwween a > chip containing a development BIOS and the stable one. Am I correct ? >
Yes, you are correct. Unless you have a socket and and a pair of chips, one for the original bios and one to test linuxbios with, you'll brick your board on the first attempt. -Corey -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http://www.linuxbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios