I intend to use the linux-arm bios mentioned before. While porting and debugging
I'll use the serial port to upload and boot the kernel and mount the root fs via
NFS.
The next step would be to use, say, the first two flash blocks to store the bios and
a kernel image and the other fourteen as a block device which I would use to hold my
root fs. (i.e. the kernel itself doesn't reside on this filesystem at this stage)
First when that setup works I could possibly consider to write a custom bootloader
and use the entire flash (except from the bootloader) as a disk. However, this is
out of my current scope.
Now I would like to take the opportunity to point out that I am not an expert on
developing embedded systems... -Yet! ;o)
If anyone spots major flaws in this approach I would be grateful If you'd let me
know. I am very open to criticism, advice and discussion!
Cheers,
- Mathias
Benjamin Mayer Stocks wrote:
> So I assume your plan is to write a custom
> bootloader? Or are you going to
> attempt to use the Angel firmware?
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