On Tue, Jan 31, 2006 at 03:30:49PM +0200, ext Ed Bartosh wrote: > > * -load, -l I cannot figure out the value of just loading a file without > > flashing it. Do I follow on with another command to flash? How so? > > All other options look to flash and load in one pop from the host PC. > > How do I load a file and then flash later if that is the intent? > I think that -l command is for loading kernel image into device's memory. > You can load kernel image and then run it. > Frankly speaking I haven't tried this thing. This is probably for > debugging needs.
Yup. It's meant for loading and booting experimental kernels to try them out without overwriting the one on flash. > > * --serial-port, -S <arg>; --initialize-port, -I <arg> Ok what do we do > > here? Is this the right cable http://ucables.com/ref/DEJANRS232 for the > > pins in the battery compartment > > http://www.karoliinasalminen.com/blog/?page_id=68 ? If so then how do > > you use power via battery and the serial cable at the same time? > I only know that -S specifies serial port number for cold flashing. Serial port device, to be exact, but AFAIK there is no publicly available cable for accessing the serial port. > > * --boot, -b [arg] Now this looks fun. Is there a list of known values > > for the kernel? Can you set single user mode or switch to runlevel > > three with these boot options? > Theoretically yes, but in practice It doesn't work, at least for me: The optional argument was supposed to override the command line compiled into he kernel, but I had some trouble with OMAP EP0 data receive code, so I didn't bother with implementing the feature. Maybe sometime in the future. =) > It seems that bootloader runs kernel with some hardcoded commandline, > but I may be wrong. The bootloader doesn't supply any command line to the kernel. Cheers, Juha _______________________________________________ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
