* Rod Whitby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-08-05 11:26]: > I agree. We should use overlapping partitions instead of using 1MB for > the second stage bootloader. We have previously used this technique for > the Unslung firmware to fool the Linksys binaries, so we know that it > doesn't confuse the linux mtd code.
I'm afraid this doesn't appear to work. While I can generate an image with overlapping partitions with slugimage, RedBoot still crashes. This one didn't work: RedBoot 0x00000000 0x00040000 EthAddr 0x0003FFB0 0x00000006 SysConf 0x00040000 0x00020000 Loader 0x00060000 0x00100000 Kernel 0x00080000 0x00100000 <- overlaps with Loader Ramdisk 0x00180000 0x00660000 FIS directory 0x007E0000 0x00020000 Payload 0x007E1000 0x0001EFF0 Trailer 0x007FFFF0 0x00000010 Whereas this one does: RedBoot 0x00000000 0x00040000 EthAddr 0x0003FFB0 0x00000006 SysConf 0x00040000 0x00020000 Loader 0x00060000 0x00100000 Kernel 0x00160000 0x00100000 <- no overlap Ramdisk 0x00260000 0x00580000 > We also have the source code for the Linksys modifications to > RedBoot, so we can look at that to see if there is another way to > fool the Linksys RedBoot 'boot' command. If you can take a look and let me know how to fool it, I'll be glad to test it. -- Martin Michlmayr http://www.cyrius.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
