On Jan 1, 2008 1:24 PM, Phani Babu Giddi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Corey, > > Is there a way by which I can use the external programmer to flash the > complete chip at once. I mean There is the Linux BIOS image which includes > the kernel and then there is the root file system and a fall back image. So > that I can have a single file which I can generate and distribute. > > Have this been done before ?
It sounds like your problem is not how to flash the BIOS, but how to generate a single image including LinuxBIOS, the filesystem, and the kernel. If this is your question, then you should look at a LAB (Linux As Bootloader) implementation. It puts everything in a single ROM image. The easiest way to do this is to get buildrom and follow one of the configurations for LAB. You need to have at least a 1MB chip to fit LinuxBIOS and a kernel. With a 2MB chip you wouldn't have to strip it down so much. Good luck, Myles > Regards, > Phani > > > > On Jan 1, 2008 9:32 AM, Corey Osgood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Phani Babu Giddi wrote: > > > Hi Corey, > > > > > > Thanks for your reply but I am not clear. Let me list the steps, may > > > be that will explain the problem I see. > > > > > > 1. I have a host target environment > > > 2. I build Linux Kernel image with initrd on the host > > > 3. I also build the root file system on the host > > > 4. Now I build Linux BIOS and specify the Linux Kernel as payload. > > > 5. So at this point I have the .bin/.rom for Linux BIOS and an image > > > file for the root file system. > > > 6. So my question was how do I get this on the flash device. Do I have > > > to use an external programmer for this ? Because there is nothing on > > > the target for me to run flashrom. > > > > Yep, you can use an external programmer, or you can use some other board > > that's compatible with flashrom and your flash chip, by hot swapping the > > flash chips. > > > > -Corey > > > > > -- > linuxbios mailing list > linuxbios@linuxbios.org > http://www.linuxbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios > -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http://www.linuxbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
