-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Somebody in the thread at some point said: | Hi Andy/Werner, | | As far as I have seen from the threads, | We are going to use QI fully burying U-boot. | | Assumptions: | So, Bootloader going to be used is: Qi | Method to switch between distros: Not AUX button | (with vibrate indication)
Actually nobody is pushing Qi for GTA02, Qi was done for GTA03 and it's a side-effect it was prototyped and available on GTA02. | 1) If bootloader is going to be Qi and if we have multiple distros in SD | card | (and if we are going to use Menu option for distro selection using a minimal | rootfs), | then the first partition should contain the Kernel + minimal rootfs, so that | Qi can pull | it and present to the user for selection. Otherwise, (say some other distro | is present) | user will not have an option to select. It straight away boots off from the | P2. | | Note: Qi checks for the kernel in SD card P1, P2, P3 and finally NAND. Yeah or we can elect a button that brings up the menu rootfs, same as holding AUX on boot forces NOR menu. | So it mandates the SD P1 to contain Kernel + minimal rootfs. | | 2) Also, the above case works well if the SD contains Kernel + minimal | rootfs I think it should be in its own little partition and rootfs. Then it's insulated from outrages like /etc/fstab getting deleted, etc, and there is no clash between /bin /usr etc. You can format the main rootfs and still get the recovery one. | of Qi to look into NAND first and then SD P1, P2 and P3. Will that be | possible? I think most times, people don't want a boot menu, they want the default action to be straight into the normal rootfs. So holding down power button say can divert it into backup rootfs and a menu OK. - -Andy -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkmDdc0ACgkQOjLpvpq7dMqy8wCdEGTVlcAw+2AlRnGkMMowayLK EW4An2Vo7BCpIcDa8g7y41MdWMnGU+Xj =1Cno -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
