So I'd make this the first two tasks:
1) develop the NAND first-stage loader on GTA02, then adapt the
low-level kernel init code
I'm doing this, digging code from uboot. I already done this on gta01 a
few months ago, 2.3kb and
no nand support, uart is the only interface.
-Sean Chiang
2) bring up kboot user space on a GTA02 and start integration there
(i.e., make sure the network comes up, that kboot finds the
configuration files in the rootfs, and all that)
Point 2) is less time-critical. When 1) is done, one can already boot
into Linux, just the handling of the system is a bit quirky. After this
initial obstacle is mastered, work can be very smooth and incremental.
If you think both can work together very closely, basically in "two
developers, one screen" mode, then that might help to get the low-level
init right. As I said, there are lots of nasty little details there,
scattered over the 2442, the PMU, and the circuit around them, and four
eyes see more than two. They'll also have to get very intimate with
JTAG and all this.
- Werner
