Re: [RFC] Qi Bootmenu

2009-12-01 Thread Marc Andre Tanner
On Tue, Dec 01, 2009 at 02:28:16AM +, Dave Ball wrote: > Marc Andre Tanner wrote: > > http://repo.or.cz/w/qi-bootmenu.git/blob/HEAD:/gui.c > > > >Dave, you should be able to add your gui by patching this file. > Hi Marc, > > This attached patch: > - uses the default evas engine (rather than gu

Re: [RFC] Qi Bootmenu

2009-11-30 Thread Dave Ball
Marc Andre Tanner wrote: http://repo.or.cz/w/qi-bootmenu.git/blob/HEAD:/gui.c Dave, you should be able to add your gui by patching this file. Hi Marc, This attached patch: - uses the default evas engine (rather than guessing x11/fb) - introduces a grid layout - adds new command line option

Re: [RFC] Qi Bootmenu

2009-11-27 Thread Dave Ball
Marc Andre Tanner wrote: > I also restructured qi-bootmenu and added my own little GUI which > looks something like: > > +--+ > | LOGO | /dev/mmcblk0p1 > | | > +--+ > +--+ > | LOGO | /dev/mmcblk0p1 > | | > +--+ > +--+ > | LOGO |

Re: [RFC] Qi Bootmenu

2009-11-27 Thread Marc Andre Tanner
On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 03:51:19PM +, Dave Ball wrote: > Marc Andre Tanner wrote: > > > >My current build scripts can be found at: > > > > git://repo.or.cz/qi-bootmenu-system.git > > > >It would be nice if someone could try it out by following the > >instructions > >in the README and reporting

Re: [RFC] Qi Bootmenu

2009-11-27 Thread Dave Ball
Hi Marc, Marc Andre Tanner wrote: > On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 03:51:19PM +, Dave Ball wrote: >> changes: >> - use a git snapshot of kexec, including your uImage support >> - add /mnt and /etc/dropbear to rootfs >> > > /etc/dropbear should come from rootfs-overlay directory. > Fair enoug

Re: [RFC] Qi Bootmenu

2009-11-27 Thread Dave Ball
Petr Vanek wrote: > are you using X or talking directly into framebuffer? framebuffer, through evas/ecore. > if you follow the thread with my tests, i got 12seconds as well and > this was with ssh access and also X server running, my select script > was in (slow) python and TK. it was my big hope

Re: [RFC] Qi Bootmenu

2009-11-27 Thread Petr Vanek
for a more complex GUI will be the image size, and >likely some impact on boot speed. Currently my image takes 12 seconds >from power on to the gui, though that should go down when we're using >a minimal kernel and initrd - rather than rootfs. I've no idea what >the difference in boot speed will

Re: [RFC] Qi Bootmenu

2009-11-27 Thread Marc Andre Tanner
Hi Dave, On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 03:51:19PM +, Dave Ball wrote: > Marc Andre Tanner wrote: > > > >My current build scripts can be found at: > > > > git://repo.or.cz/qi-bootmenu-system.git > > > >It would be nice if someone could try it out by following the > >instructions > >in the README and

Re: [RFC] Qi Bootmenu

2009-11-26 Thread Fred .
Hello, Wow! it's a very nice project! Thanks. And what about a tiny-httpd like in routers, to setup things, and do simple admin tasks? while we setup the network... As i frequently lacks of an "ssh ready" machine, even if ssh can do a lot more, i presume the first usage of it will be to specifyi

Re: [RFC] Qi Bootmenu

2009-11-26 Thread Dave Ball
Marc Andre Tanner wrote: My current build scripts can be found at: git://repo.or.cz/qi-bootmenu-system.git It would be nice if someone could try it out by following the instructions in the README and reporting back the results. The attached patch makes a working rootfs for me, including

Re: [RFC] Qi Bootmenu

2009-11-21 Thread Tilman Baumann
On 21 Nov 2009, at 10:32, Marc Andre Tanner wrote: > On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 01:26:18PM -, Tilman Baumann wrote: >> Wow, I would love to test that. >> Unfortunately I don't have a system for compiling it ready. >> >> Can you maybe provide pre-build images? I would like to test it on >> gta01

Re: [RFC] Qi Bootmenu

2009-11-21 Thread Marc Andre Tanner
On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 01:10:29PM +0100, Marc Andre Tanner wrote: > On Thu, Oct 08, 2009 at 10:50:00PM +0200, Marc Andre Tanner wrote: > > Proof of Concept > > > > Some updates on what I've done so far: > > - ecore-con is no longer needed (It can be disabled during ./configure,

Re: [RFC] Qi Bootmenu

2009-11-21 Thread Marc Andre Tanner
On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 01:26:18PM -, Tilman Baumann wrote: > Wow, I would love to test that. > Unfortunately I don't have a system for compiling it ready. > > Can you maybe provide pre-build images? I would like to test it on gta01 > with u-boot. Hi, Not yet I need to fix a few things first

Re: [RFC] Qi Bootmenu

2009-11-18 Thread Al Johnson
I'm certainly interested as multibooting is the reason I stick with uboot. I won't have a chance to look at it before next week though. On Wednesday 18 November 2009, Marc Andre Tanner wrote: > On Thu, Oct 08, 2009 at 10:50:00PM +0200, Marc Andre Tanner wrote: > > Proof of Concept > > ==

Re: [RFC] Qi Bootmenu

2009-11-18 Thread Tilman Baumann
Wow, I would love to test that. Unfortunately I don't have a system for compiling it ready. Can you maybe provide pre-build images? I would like to test it on gta01 with u-boot. Thanks Tilman Baumann Marc Andre Tanner wrote: > On Thu, Oct 08, 2009 at 10:50:00PM +0200, Marc Andre Tanner wrote:

Re: [RFC] Qi Bootmenu

2009-11-18 Thread Marc Andre Tanner
On Thu, Oct 08, 2009 at 10:50:00PM +0200, Marc Andre Tanner wrote: > Proof of Concept > Some updates on what I've done so far: - ecore-con is no longer needed (It can be disabled during ./configure, patch is in enlightenment svn) - uclibc can be built with a minimal set of

Re: [RFC] Qi Bootmenu

2009-10-10 Thread Marc Andre Tanner
On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 02:51:12AM +1100, Carsten Haitzler wrote: > On Fri, 9 Oct 2009 17:14:30 +0200 Marc Andre Tanner > said: > > > On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 12:14:02AM +1100, Carsten Haitzler wrote: > > > On Fri, 9 Oct 2009 13:00:12 +0200 Marc Andre Tanner > > > said: > > > > On Fri, Oct 09, 20

Re: [RFC] Qi Bootmenu

2009-10-09 Thread Paul Fertser
On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 01:24:56PM +1100, Carsten Haitzler wrote: > On Fri, 09 Oct 2009 21:50:42 +0400 Paul Fertser said: > > Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) writes: > > >> This would require that the kernel partition in NAND is formated as a > > >> filesystem but then Qi couldn't read from it.

Re: [RFC] Qi Bootmenu

2009-10-09 Thread The Rasterman
On Fri, 09 Oct 2009 21:50:42 +0400 Paul Fertser said: > Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) writes: > >> This would require that the kernel partition in NAND is formated as a > >> filesystem but then Qi couldn't read from it. Or am missing something > >> obvious here? > > > > the fs can be mounted

Re: [RFC] Qi Bootmenu

2009-10-09 Thread Paul Fertser
Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) writes: >> This would require that the kernel partition in NAND is formated as a >> filesystem but then Qi couldn't read from it. Or am missing something obvious >> here? > > the fs can be mounted as an offset from the start of a partition. you cn even > split it

Re: [RFC] Qi Bootmenu

2009-10-09 Thread The Rasterman
On Fri, 9 Oct 2009 17:14:30 +0200 Marc Andre Tanner said: > On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 12:14:02AM +1100, Carsten Haitzler wrote: > > On Fri, 9 Oct 2009 13:00:12 +0200 Marc Andre Tanner > > said: > > > On Fri, Oct 09, 2009 at 02:35:14PM +1100, Carsten Haitzler wrote: > > > > On Thu, 8 Oct 2009 22:50

Re: [RFC] Qi Bootmenu

2009-10-09 Thread Marc Andre Tanner
On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 12:14:02AM +1100, Carsten Haitzler wrote: > On Fri, 9 Oct 2009 13:00:12 +0200 Marc Andre Tanner > said: > > On Fri, Oct 09, 2009 at 02:35:14PM +1100, Carsten Haitzler wrote: > > > On Thu, 8 Oct 2009 22:50:00 +0200 Marc Andre Tanner > > > > - GUI based on elementary with fr

Re: [RFC] Qi Bootmenu

2009-10-09 Thread The Rasterman
On Fri, 9 Oct 2009 13:00:12 +0200 Marc Andre Tanner said: > On Fri, Oct 09, 2009 at 02:35:14PM +1100, Carsten Haitzler wrote: > > On Thu, 8 Oct 2009 22:50:00 +0200 Marc Andre Tanner > > said: > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > I have been lurking around on various openmoko mailing lists for quite

Re: [RFC] Qi Bootmenu

2009-10-09 Thread Werner Almesberger
Marc Andre Tanner wrote: > ACK. It's better that way. This would mean changeing Qi to boot from NAND > onces it sees any AUX press. Because otherwise we would have to skip over > 2+ SD partition with AUX which doesn't seem to always work reliable. I'd rather try to go away from NAND. More modern C

Re: [RFC] Qi Bootmenu

2009-10-09 Thread Petr Vanek
>I think this is no real improvement over the situation as it is now. >Qi already supports boot selection via AUX which skips a partition >although it is a bit cumbersome. agree >At the moment I prefer a 'full-featured' solution, if this proves to >be unuseable speed wise we can still fallback to

Re: [RFC] Qi Bootmenu

2009-10-09 Thread Petr Vanek
>On Fri, Oct 09, 2009 at 09:43:39AM +0200, mobi phil wrote: >> Hello, >> >> maybe time for fbui (http://home.comcast.net/~fbui/) ? I think Zack >> Smith, the author would be happy to help you. > >To quote from the web page: "It currently only works with kernel 2.6.9, >although I've got it partial

Re: [RFC] Qi Bootmenu

2009-10-09 Thread Marc Andre Tanner
On Fri, Oct 09, 2009 at 10:53:40AM +0200, David Reyes Samblas Martinez wrote: > 2009/10/9 Sander van Grieken : > > On Friday 09 October 2009 10:28:58 you wrote: > >> 2009/10/9 Sander van Grieken : > >> >> > if speed is a main factor why just keep the boot loader in text mode > >> >> > selectionable

Re: [RFC] Qi Bootmenu

2009-10-09 Thread Marc Andre Tanner
On Fri, Oct 09, 2009 at 09:43:39AM +0200, mobi phil wrote: > Hello, > > maybe time for fbui (http://home.comcast.net/~fbui/) ? I think Zack > Smith, the author would be happy to help you. To quote from the web page: "It currently only works with kernel 2.6.9, although I've got it partially worki

Re: [RFC] Qi Bootmenu

2009-10-09 Thread Marc Andre Tanner
On Fri, Oct 09, 2009 at 06:32:20AM +0200, Martin Jansa wrote: > On Fri, Oct 09, 2009 at 02:35:14PM +1100, Carsten Haitzler wrote: > > 3. do it all yourself at the lowest levesl. as small as it will get but by > > far > > the most amount of work for you. > > Would be nice to have also just text-ba

Re: [RFC] Qi Bootmenu

2009-10-09 Thread Marc Andre Tanner
On Fri, Oct 09, 2009 at 02:35:14PM +1100, Carsten Haitzler wrote: > On Thu, 8 Oct 2009 22:50:00 +0200 Marc Andre Tanner > said: > > > Hi all, > > > > I have been lurking around on various openmoko mailing lists for quite > > some time (about 1.5 years) but so far I didn't have the time to actua

Re: [RFC] Qi Bootmenu

2009-10-09 Thread Tilman Baumann
I love the idea. Especially because I must use uboot since I have no fallback bootloader for DFU on my GTA01. And uboot can only load kernels from NAND and not from SDHC card. Booting into a minimal bootloader-kernel on NAND and then select different OS on SD has a lot of appeal for me. Because cu

Re: [RFC] Qi Bootmenu

2009-10-09 Thread Marc Andre Tanner
On Thu, Oct 08, 2009 at 09:45:06PM -0300, Werner Almesberger wrote: > Marc Andre Tanner wrote: > > - In order for this to be useful it needs to be fast. Nobody wants > >to wait 10+ seconds just to select which image to boot. Speed is > >therefore the most important factor. > [...] > >T

Re: [RFC] Qi Bootmenu

2009-10-09 Thread David Reyes Samblas Martinez
David Reyes Samblas Martinez http://www.tuxbrain.com Open ultraportable & embedded solutions Openmoko, Openpandora, Arduino Hey, watch out!!! There's a linux in your pocket!!! 2009/10/9 Sander van Grieken : > On Friday 09 October 2009 10:28:58 you wrote: >> 2009/10/9 Sander van Grieken : >> >>

Re: [RFC] Qi Bootmenu

2009-10-09 Thread mobi phil
Hello, maybe time for fbui (http://home.comcast.net/~fbui/) ? I think Zack Smith, the author would be happy to help you. mobiphil -- rgrds, mobi phil being mobile, but including technology http://mobiphil.com ___ devel mailing list devel@lists.op

Re: [RFC] Qi Bootmenu

2009-10-08 Thread Martin Jansa
On Fri, Oct 09, 2009 at 02:35:14PM +1100, Carsten Haitzler wrote: > 3. do it all yourself at the lowest levesl. as small as it will get but by far > the most amount of work for you. Would be nice to have also just text-based ui or fb based just as kexecboot have. Recent kexecboot has logo, icons,

Re: [RFC] Qi Bootmenu

2009-10-08 Thread The Rasterman
On Thu, 8 Oct 2009 22:50:00 +0200 Marc Andre Tanner said: > Hi all, > > I have been lurking around on various openmoko mailing lists for quite > some time (about 1.5 years) but so far I didn't have the time to actually > contribute anything useful because of study and work related activities.

Re: [RFC] Qi Bootmenu

2009-10-08 Thread Werner Almesberger
Marc Andre Tanner wrote: > - In order for this to be useful it needs to be fast. Nobody wants >to wait 10+ seconds just to select which image to boot. Speed is >therefore the most important factor. [...] >The user can of course still use the hardware buttons to skip the >NAND boot

Re: [RFC] Qi Bootmenu

2009-10-08 Thread Sander van Grieken
On Thursday 08 October 2009 22:50:00 Marc Andre Tanner wrote: > Goals > = > > - The user should be able to select which image to boot from >(surprised heh ;) I like this idea. Right now the U-boot menu is fixed and not easy to change, but with this idea the available images can be dyna

[RFC] Qi Bootmenu

2009-10-08 Thread Marc Andre Tanner
Hi all, I have been lurking around on various openmoko mailing lists for quite some time (about 1.5 years) but so far I didn't have the time to actually contribute anything useful because of study and work related activities. However during the last few days I actually had some time to waste.