Hello from Gregg C Levine normally with Jedi Knight Computers
I have been following this discussion with some interest. And I have
one question before launching a proton torpedo. What is "RedBoot"? Is
it a bootloader created by the folks at Red Hat? For myself, I am
looking at using LinuxBIOS for embedded systems.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Bari Ari
> Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2001 3:28 PM
> To: Bill Arbaugh
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: LinuxBIOS for other than x86 and Alpha
>
>
> Bill Arbaugh wrote:
>
> > Take a look at blob (the boot loader for the LART). It's
> designed for a
> > SA-1100 based LART board, but we've managed to port it to a SA-110
> > (EBSA-285 board). We still have a few IO issues to
> resolve, but we're
> > planning on releasing it this summer at the latest
>
> > Bari Ari wrote:
> >
> >> Has anyone worked on a LinuxBIOS for other than x86 and
> Alpha yet?
> >>
> >> We're planning on a version for StrongARM and Xscale
> instead of using the
> >> Angel booter since there is now a nice drop-in
> Northbridge. A Mips
> >> processor version will probably be our next candidate.
> >>
> >> Any input?
> >
> I understand that the initial goal of LinuxBIOS was for a
> much needed
> replacement of the legacy x86 BIOS for clustering
> applications since the
> legacy BIOS was too impractical, inadequate, costly and
> closed source.
> Since then embedded applications have found LinuxBIOS to be
> a better
> solution than a legacy BIOS. The ability to support an OS
> like M$ (that
> sometimes we are forced into using by a customer) with
> LinuxBIOS has
> also found interest.
>
> The majority of LinuxBIOS development to date has been for
> x86, followed
> by the Alpha. I am now wondering how far LinuxBIOS will
> extend to for
> other processors. For highest Gips and Gflops per watt, ARM
> and Mips
> based machines are leading the pack. It makes sense to me to take
> advantage of the common structure, open source and modularity that
> LinuxBIOS is now evolving to for other x86. Some of my
> current interest
> is for very dense clustering applications and Internet
> Appliances that
> are all headless. LinuxBIOS is the only practical solution
> to manage and
> update a dense cluster or a remote appliance possibly half
> a world away
> from the administrator.
>
> I'm familiar with boot loaders such as Angel and Blob for
> StrongArm as
> well as Arc for Mips. RedBoot at the bootloader level
> offers another
> solution for multiplatform support. Not all of these however are
> released under GPL.
>
> How far will LinuxBIOS go to support a wider range of
> platforms? Should
> legacy support for an OS that relies on it be a future
> option? How much
> sense does it now make with RedBoot being available? Any input,
> thoughts, rants or flames?
>
> Bari
>
>
>
