On 8/29/07, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'd say it should accept a lar archive via serial console, perhaps using > ymodem, and start executing the first member of the lar. > > A bit more detailed: If the BIOS fails to verify its checksum, it > outputs a message telling you about it over serial, waits for signature > to arrive over serial (a standard char sequence with repetitions at the > beginning), reads until it has one complete signature, switches serial > to ymodem and accepts a lar archive. The first member of the lar is then > executed. > > The "wait for signature" is there to allow people to use multiple tries > getting serial speed right. OTOH, if the code outputs a continuous > stream of "TESTTEXT\n" while waiting for serial input, the other side > can verify serial speed settings as well. > > What do you think?
That's the way to go. ron -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http://www.linuxbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios