This had occurred to me also ... particularly the way linux identifies busses and configures a heap of devices before attempting to play with filesystems .. I have no idea where the cut-off is .. but the point that looks most interesting is just before the mounting/fsck'ing of root ..
----- Original Message ----- >From: "Eric Seppanen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "LinuxBios" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: Questions >Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2002 11:22:35 -0600 > > On Fri, Feb 08, 2002 at 11:19:58AM +0800, Chung Ming wrote: > > Ron, I wonder if there are possibility to split LinuxBios in two > > chips, sais a cheapy 64K linear flash ROM that hold basic system > > initialization and a ATA Flash (coz it's cheaper than DoC) attached at > > IDE with kernel, and after IDE and RAM got initialized load kernel > > from ATA flash.. > > Here's another odd idea: maybe someone could figure out a way to split > the linux kernel into two pieces. The first piece could contain all the > bits needed to initialize hardware and find the boot media, then the > second part would contain everything else (multiuser support, etc.). > Probably impossible, but impressive... >
