We are interested in creating a LinuxBIOS machine around our SiS630 based
motherboard. The main reasons are:-
1) Boot time
2) No moving parts
3) Cost
The application is for a Web/Java enabled browser with a flat screen.
My questions are:-
1) We implement a 2Mbit or 4MBit flash device (SST29EE020 or 040) for the
BIOS. Is this enough to boot the core Linux system or do we need to
implement a DoC as well?
2) What is the footprint size of LinuxBIOS without loading any fany drivers?
3) We would prefer then to load the graphics kernel, browser etc from a
flash IDE device, as this has much greater bandwidth than DoC and does not
require any special hardware considerations. Does the basic Linux kernel
load an IDE driver? What is your experience of this method over DoC?
By the way, you may like to know that SiS has just achieved first silicon on
the 550 device. This is basically a 630 but with CPU integrated on-chip!
Availability towards end of this year.
Very interesting project you have going.
Look forward to hearing your comments.
Regards,
Nick
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Nick Jarmany
Densitron Computers Ltd UK
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.densitron.com
Tel: +44 1959 542000
Fax: +44 1959 542001
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