Ronald G Minnich wrote:
>
> Ollie
>
> I think your message got chopped off. Were you saying that linuxbios could
> host the tiara forth code, i.e. boot sequence is linuxbios loads tiara,
> then tiara loads linux?
>
I don't have much idea how tiara hosted on LinuxBIOS yet. Sure I still
want
LinuxBIOS boot Linux kernel directly for most of the time.
But having tiara with LinuxBIOS to boot kernel from IDE/LAN is a good
thing.
Think about those users/developers who are interested in LinuxBIOS but
can not buy DoC or their M/Bs do not support larger Flash parts,
LinuxBIOS + TIARA combination will be a rescue for them. This will
immediately multiply the user base of LinuxBIOS since most people on
the list are asking about how to get a DoC or M/B with 32 DIP socket.
>
> So maybe what I'd like to have as options:
>
> 1. linuxbios -> tiara -> boot linux from flash
> 2. linuxbios -> boot linux from flash
> 3. linuxbios -> tiara -> interact with tiara, boot os of choice
> (including flash as an option)
> 4. linuxbios -> boot linux from flash ->
> interact with tiara embedded in linux -> boot os of choice
>
Maybe Larry could gives a summary how he use LinuxBIOS in TIARA and
his opnion on the interface.
Ollie
