Re: ????: FILO 0.4 [PMX:#]

2004-04-16 Thread Stefan Reinauer
* YhLu [EMAIL PROTECTED] [040413 02:53]: I just find the fifo can boot the elfimage in the rom. If the etherboot is put in the beginning, Use boot:[EMAIL PROTECTED] can load the Etherboot. Just an idea. We could store the start addresses of the different payloads (maybe also an

Re: FILO 0.4 [PMX:#]

2004-04-12 Thread Greg Watson
Stefan, I think this is a great idea. I'll talk it over with Ron and Ollie this week and look at how it might be implemented. Greg On 05/04/2004, at 6:46 AM, Stefan Reinauer wrote: * Eric W. Biederman [EMAIL PROTECTED] [040405 05:02]: If we want to take a snapshot of the source tree of FILO

: FILO 0.4 [PMX:#]

2004-04-12 Thread YhLu
I just find the fifo can boot the elfimage in the rom. If the etherboot is put in the beginning, Use boot:[EMAIL PROTECTED] can load the Etherboot. Great... YH -- : Greg Watson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] : 2004412 5:55 : Stefan Reinauer : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Re: FILO 0.4 [PMX

: : ??: FILO 0.4 [PMX:#]

2004-04-10 Thread YhLu
I'm talking to ATI and try to get datasheet that has reg info in it. -- : ron minnich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] : 200449 22:30 : YhLu : Takeshi Sone; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Re: : ??: FILO 0.4 [PMX:#] On Thu, 8 Apr 2004, YhLu wrote: So, if I can enable the ati rage xl

Re: : ??: FILO 0.4 [PMX:#]

2004-04-09 Thread ron minnich
On Thu, 8 Apr 2004, YhLu wrote: So, if I can enable the ati rage xl in LinuxBIOS, I can substitute the normal bios with LinuxBIOS. exactly. And we would have resolved one of the biggest issues people have with using linuxbios. ron ___ Linuxbios

Re: 答??: FILO 0.4 [PMX:#]

2004-04-08 Thread Takeshi Sone
On Wed, Apr 07, 2004 at 10:36:33PM -0700, YhLu wrote: Can the user use the disk bootloader to install OS into HD? Yes, I have successfully booted off SuSE and other Linux CD-ROMs with LinuxBIOS+FILO. -- Takeshi ___ Linuxbios mailing list [EMAIL

: ??: FILO 0.4 [PMX:#]

2004-04-08 Thread YhLu
So, if I can enable the ati rage xl in LinuxBIOS, I can substitute the normal bios with LinuxBIOS. YH -- : Takeshi Sone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] : 200448 6:01 : YhLu : [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Re: ?: FILO 0.4 [PMX:#] On Wed, Apr 07, 2004 at 10:36:33PM -0700, YhLu wrote

: FILO 0.4 [PMX:#]

2004-04-07 Thread YhLu
Can the user use the disk bootloader to install OS into HD? YH -- : [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] : 200445 21:02 : Takeshi Sone : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Re: FILO 0.4 [PMX:#] Takeshi Sone [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Eric, Sorry for not replying soon. I've been busy

Re: FILO 0.4 [PMX:#]

2004-04-06 Thread ron minnich
On Mon, 5 Apr 2004, Hendricks David W. wrote: I've got one word for ya Ron: .ebuild ARGARGARG. You're kidding. ron ___ Linuxbios mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

Re: FILO 0.4 [PMX:#]

2004-04-06 Thread ron minnich
On 5 Apr 2004, Eric W. Biederman wrote: (some good points). I am really only interested only interested in supporting free-standing programs. Yeah, I think I share your interest. Having a BIOS with an API could be a can of worms. Back to our regularly scheduled discussion. ron

Re: FILO 0.4 [PMX:#]

2004-04-06 Thread ron minnich
On 5 Apr 2004, Eric W. Biederman wrote: I am looking at using FILO as a disked based bootloader. So I might just write that code and send you a patch. We want FILO in FLASH, not on disk. We are using FLASH-based FILO to replace FLASH-based Etherboot on Pink and will be using FILO to replace

: FILO 0.4 [PMX:#]

2004-04-06 Thread YhLu
PROTECTED] : 200446 10:28 : Eric W. Biederman : Takeshi Sone; [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Re: FILO 0.4 [PMX:#] On 5 Apr 2004, Eric W. Biederman wrote: I am looking at using FILO as a disked based bootloader. So I might just write that code and send you a patch. We want FILO in FLASH, not on disk. We

Re: FILO 0.4 [PMX:#]

2004-04-06 Thread ron minnich
On Tue, 6 Apr 2004, ron minnich wrote: On 5 Apr 2004, Eric W. Biederman wrote: (some good points). I am really only interested only interested in supporting free-standing programs. Yeah, I think I share your interest. Having a BIOS with an API could be a can of worms. actually, I

Re: FILO 0.4 [PMX:#]

2004-04-06 Thread ron minnich
BTW I'm on vacation, so if you don't hear from me it's not that I don't care, it's just that I am not paid to care while on vacation :-) ron ___ Linuxbios mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

: : FILO 0.4 [PMX:#]

2004-04-06 Thread YhLu
You must prepare 1024 IDE flash one by one at the beginning. It took one week to get it done? YH -- : ron minnich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] : 200446 11:19 : YhLu : Eric W. Biederman; Takeshi Sone; [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Re: : FILO 0.4 [PMX:#] On Tue, 6 Apr 2004, YhLu wrote: So you must

Re: : FILO 0.4 [PMX:#]

2004-04-06 Thread Steven James
:28 : Eric W. Biederman : Takeshi Sone; [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Re: FILO 0.4 [PMX:#] On 5 Apr 2004, Eric W. Biederman wrote: I am looking at using FILO as a disked based bootloader. So I might just write that code and send you a patch. We want FILO in FLASH, not on disk. We are using FLASH

: : FILO 0.4 [PMX:#]

2004-04-06 Thread YhLu
PROTECTED] : Re: : FILO 0.4 [PMX:#] Greetings, You can use bootselect in utils/baremetal to choose between multiple payloads. G'day, sjames -steven james, director of research, linux labs ... . 230 peachtree st nw ste 2701 the original

Re: : : FILO 0.4 [PMX:#]

2004-04-06 Thread ron minnich
On Tue, 6 Apr 2004, YhLu wrote: You must prepare 1024 IDE flash one by one at the beginning. It took one week to get it done? 30 seconds to update. The initial case is hard though :-) Linux Networx (Eric, really) set it all up before Pink arrived. ron

Re: FILO 0.4 [PMX:#]

2004-04-05 Thread Takeshi Sone
PROTECTED] (Eric W. Biederman) Sent: 04 Apr 2004 21:10:51 -0600 To: ron minnich [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: FILO 0.4 [PMX:#] ron minnich [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Sun, 4 Apr 2004, Yinghai Lu wrote: I have checked the Etherboot, and it would be some easier

: FILO 0.4 [PMX:#]

2004-04-05 Thread YhLu
Sone, You may add the zelf make option as Etherboot to make payload smaller. YH. -- : Takeshi Sone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] : 200445 2:40 : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Re: FILO 0.4 [PMX:#] Eric, Sorry for not replying soon. I've been busy with real job and life, config

: FILO 0.4 [PMX:#]

2004-04-05 Thread YhLu
together with BOOT_NIC, BOOT_DISK, BOOT_FLOPPY). Regards YH -- : Stefan Reinauer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] : 200445 5:47 : Eric W. Biederman : Greg Watson; YhLu; 'SONE Takeshi'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Re: FILO 0.4 [PMX:#] * Eric W. Biederman [EMAIL PROTECTED] [040405 05:02]: If we want to take

Re: FILO 0.4 [PMX:#]

2004-04-05 Thread Eric W. Biederman
Takeshi Sone [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Eric, Sorry for not replying soon. I've been busy with real job and life, config file support is not yet written, though I'm still willing to do it (+ USB support etc..) This situation would not seem to change in a month or two.. Ok. I was starting to

Re: FILO 0.4 [PMX:#]

2004-04-05 Thread Eric W. Biederman
ron minnich [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: RE the bigger issue of compiling things direct into linuxbios. I've been thinking for some time of an experiment, namely turning this whole business inside-out. Think of it this way: there is a runtime startup for every program your write, called in

Re: FILO 0.4 [PMX:#]

2004-04-04 Thread Yinghai Lu
of hard code. How can I enable tg3-filo.zelf? Regards YH. -- : Eric W. Biederman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Eric W. Biederman : 200443 20:33 : Greg Watson : Yinghai Lu; 'SONE Takeshi'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Re: g-e$: FILO 0.4 [PMX:#] Greg Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Yeah sorry, I kind

Re: FILO 0.4 [PMX:#]

2004-04-04 Thread Yinghai Lu
. Biederman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Eric W. Biederman : 200443 20:33 : Greg Watson : Yinghai Lu; 'SONE Takeshi'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Re: g-e$: FILO 0.4 [PMX:#] Greg Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Yeah sorry, I kind of did that by stealth. Ron and I get lots of requests from people wanting

Re: FILO 0.4 [PMX:#]

2004-04-04 Thread Greg Watson
support linux_load. So it is some kind of boot loader you said. It is really enhancement to ide_stream.c Regards YH -- : Eric W. Biederman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Eric W. Biederman : 200443 20:33 : Greg Watson : Yinghai Lu; 'SONE Takeshi'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Re: g-e$: FILO 0.4 [PMX

Re: FILO 0.4 [PMX:#]

2004-04-04 Thread ron minnich
On Sun, 4 Apr 2004, Yinghai Lu wrote: I have checked the Etherboot, and it would be some easier to integrate filo into Etherboot. Not everyone here at LANL is that satisfied with etherboot, and in fact we are moving over to FILO. There are a lot of reasons. We've just had lots better luck

Re: FILO 0.4 [PMX:#]

2004-04-04 Thread Eric W. Biederman
ron minnich [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Sun, 4 Apr 2004, Yinghai Lu wrote: I have checked the Etherboot, and it would be some easier to integrate filo into Etherboot. Not everyone here at LANL is that satisfied with etherboot, and in fact we are moving over to FILO. There are a lot of

Re: FILO 0.4 [PMX:#]

2004-04-04 Thread Eric W. Biederman
ron minnich [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Sun, 4 Apr 2004, Yinghai Lu wrote: I have checked the Etherboot, and it would be some easier to integrate filo into Etherboot. Not everyone here at LANL is that satisfied with etherboot, and in fact we are moving over to FILO. There are a lot of

Re: FILO 0.4 [PMX:#]

2004-04-04 Thread ron minnich
On 4 Apr 2004, Eric W. Biederman wrote: Personally the one I want is based on a real live kernel. And if I can get some time that is what you will see. Sure. That's where I started this project from almost 5 years ago. We only have this plethora of bootloaders (etherboot, filo, 9load, etc.)

Re: FILO 0.4 [PMX:#]

2004-04-04 Thread Greg Watson
On 04/04/2004, at 9:02 PM, Eric W. Biederman wrote: Greg Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Correct. I haven't included linux_load, though it would probably be easy to do. FILO simply calls elfboot to load the image from a filesystem. Feature bloat. No, it's functionality that is needed for PPC

Re: FILO 0.4 [PMX:#]

2004-04-04 Thread ron minnich
On 4 Apr 2004, Eric W. Biederman wrote: Ron, is LANL going to maintain FILO then? Right now, LANL doesn't by itself maintain everything any way. Look at the excellent work you and Yinghai and others do every day on LinuxBIOS. Unless I hear from SONE soon it is starting to look like like

Re: FILO 0.4 [PMX:#]

2004-04-04 Thread ron minnich
RE the bigger issue of compiling things direct into linuxbios. I've been thinking for some time of an experiment, namely turning this whole business inside-out. Think of it this way: there is a runtime startup for every program your write, called in old times crt0 (which is why I used that

Re: FILO 0.4 [PMX:#]

2004-04-03 Thread Yinghai Lu
??? Regards YH -- : Greg Watson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] : 200443 17:29 : Yinghai Lu : 'SONE Takeshi'; 'Eric W. Biederman'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Re: : FILO 0.4 [PMX:#] Yeah sorry, I kind of did that by stealth. Ron and I get lots of requests from people wanting to use LB but who don't know