Hi, On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 03:22:39PM +0200, Nils Faerber wrote: > This is the difficult problem. > The Letux conatins the UBoot as bootloader (firmware). This expects to > either: > - load and boot the kernel from the first NAND flash partition > - load a file called "uImage" from a VFAT formatted sdcard, write it to > first NAND partition and boot it
Don't forget that it can load a file from sdcard, and boot it. But yes, it's still unknown which key combination activates that. And it also can load a nand flash image from tftp and flash that (brrr!). > So you cannot, pitily, boot another kernel without loosing your original > kernel. That's indeed the status quo. The bootloader allows to, but we first have to find the right buttons. > > 3. if I install the 2.6 kernel, will the existing skytone and debian > > installation work? > > The Skytone system probably not, Debian I think so. Did I miss the illegal instruction fix? /me is ashamed. > I still have to work more on the kernel too. > I managed to get the WiFi working about a little more than a week ago, > but it still sucks lots of CPU so everything is really sluggish when > using Wifi. This is a problem in the WiFi driver and I have to compare > the Skytone version of it with my version for 2.6. If I am correct, the ZyDas vendor driver works best, or a native post 2.6.26. But that was tested on a macbook... -- .signature not found _______________________________________________ Mipsbook-devel mailing list Mipsbook-devel@linuxtogo.org http://lists.linuxtogo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mipsbook-devel
