Ronald G Minnich wrote:
>
> On Sun, 30 Sep 2001, Florian Echtler wrote:
>
> > I've just read the entire LinuxBIOS web site and first, congratulations
> > on your good work. However, I've got one question left: in the SiS HOWTO,
> > you describe using a DiskOnChip instead of the original flash chip. Why?
>
> That was Ollie's good idea. The reason is simple. The FLASH part can old
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
It is not my idea actually. There is a Application Note from M-System
about this scheme. We just implemented the note WITHOUT any help form
M-System.
Ollie
> 512KB. DoC can hole 8MB. Flash is just barely big enough for a really tiny
> kernel. DoC is big enough for a kernel plus lots of modules plus root
> files system.
>
> It makes like wonderful to have DoC.
>
> ron
