"LinuxBIOS for ARM" or "Merging LinuxBIOS with BLOB"

2002-09-25 Thread Bari Ari
Has anyone else here worked with BLOB? http://sourceforge.net/projects/blob Blob is a boot loader for SA11x0 (StrongARM) platforms and is just starting to support PXA and Xscale processors. Blob is able to boot a Linux kernel stored in flash or RAM and provide that kernel with a ramdisk (agai

Re: "LinuxBIOS for ARM" or "Merging LinuxBIOS with BLOB"

2002-09-25 Thread Ronald G Minnich
I like the idea of pulling the blob code into linuxbios, then we get a standard. Is there a recommended xscale development card? ron ___ Linuxbios mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

Re: "LinuxBIOS for ARM" or "Merging LinuxBIOS with BLOB"

2002-09-25 Thread Bari Ari
Ronald G Minnich wrote: >I like the idea of pulling the blob code into linuxbios, then we get a >standard. > >Is there a recommended xscale development card? > > > The LART project http://www.lart.tudelft.nl/ is an open hardware platform based on the old SA1100. I believe they are working on

Re: "LinuxBIOS for ARM" or "Merging LinuxBIOS with BLOB"

2002-09-25 Thread ollie lho
On Thu, 2002-09-26 at 01:44, Bari Ari wrote: > Has anyone else here worked with BLOB? > > http://sourceforge.net/projects/blob > > Blob is a boot loader for SA11x0 (StrongARM) platforms and is just > starting to support PXA and Xscale processors. Blob is able to boot a > Linux kernel stored in

Re: "LinuxBIOS for ARM" or "Merging LinuxBIOS with BLOB"

2002-09-25 Thread Bari Ari
ollie lho wrote: >Did you tried the ARMboot and PPCboot ?? These bootloaders have network >boot built-in now. I also think they have better source directory >structures. > > ARMboot http://sourceforge.net/projects/armboot and http://armboot.sourceforge.net/ may be a better fit since the

Re: "LinuxBIOS for ARM" or "Merging LinuxBIOS with BLOB"

2002-09-25 Thread ollie lho
On Thu, 2002-09-26 at 08:51, Bari Ari wrote: > ollie lho wrote: > > >Did you tried the ARMboot and PPCboot ?? These bootloaders have network > >boot built-in now. I also think they have better source directory > >structures. > > > > > ARMboot http://sourceforge.net/projects/armboot and > h

Re: "LinuxBIOS for ARM" or "Merging LinuxBIOS with BLOB"

2002-09-25 Thread Nicholas Mistry
Just for the record, i have worked extensively with blob. Especially during the StrongARM port of linux. The IPAQ 36xx, 37xx, 38xx handhelds are based off the Intel Assabet/Neponset Development platform. The assabet is a StrongARM 1110 chip, and the neponset a chip. I currently own one of

Re: LinuxBIOS for ARM or Merging LinuxBIOS with BLOB

2002-09-25 Thread Bari Ari
ollie lho wrote: >Do you know if Blob can load uClinux ?? I found that most of the ARM >bootloaders only support ARM-Linux. (Am I wrong ??) > > > Blob is written to be OS independent, but I don't believe anyone has had it working with uClinux yet. Lineo has had it working on thier version of

Re: LinuxBIOS for ARM or Merging LinuxBIOS with BLOB

2002-09-25 Thread ollie lho
On Thu, 2002-09-26 at 14:30, Bari Ari wrote: > ollie lho wrote: > > >Do you know if Blob can load uClinux ?? I found that most of the ARM > >bootloaders only support ARM-Linux. (Am I wrong ??) > > > > > > > Blob is written to be OS independent, but I don't believe anyone has had > it working

Re: LinuxBIOS for ARM or Merging LinuxBIOS with BLOB

2002-09-25 Thread Bari Ari
ollie lho wrote: > >Bari, > Do you know if there is any OSS bootloader for uClinux on ARM ?? >Ollie > > > > > > I haven't tried this but take a look at: http://kabel.home.at:5880/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/arm-boot/ Bari ___ Linuxbios mailing list

Re: LinuxBIOS for ARM or Merging LinuxBIOS with BLOB

2002-09-25 Thread ollie lho
On Thu, 2002-09-26 at 14:43, Bari Ari wrote: > ollie lho wrote: > > > > >Bari, > > Do you know if there is any OSS bootloader for uClinux on ARM ?? > >Ollie > > > I haven't tried this but take a look at: > http://kabel.home.at:5880/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/arm-boot/ > I looks too primitive, I r

Re: LinuxBIOS for ARM; or Merging LinuxBIOS with BLOB

2002-09-26 Thread ollie lho
On Thu, 2002-09-26 at 15:22, Bari Ari wrote: > > > Original Message > Subject: Re: [Fwd: Re: "LinuxBIOS for ARM" or "Merging LinuxBIOS with > BLOB"] > Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 03:04:41 -0400 > From: Thomas Chen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: LinuxBIOS for ARM; or Merging LinuxBIOS with BLOB

2002-09-26 Thread chester
On 26 Sep 2002, ollie lho wrote: > On Thu, 2002-09-26 at 15:22, Bari Ari wrote: > > > > > > Original Message > > Subject: Re: [Fwd: Re: "LinuxBIOS for ARM" or "Merging LinuxBIOS with > > BLOB"] > > Date: Thu, 26 Sep