Hi Andy, | This can be done way better than a bootloader ever can with a chopped | down Linux kernel and tiny rootfs on the framebuffer / display and | touchpanel.
Any pointers for making a tiny rootfs (Ramdisk)? Do you have any pre-built ramdisk available anywhere ? - HHC. Andy Green wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Somebody in the thread at some point said: > | On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 13:00, Cédric Berger > <[email protected]> wrote: > |> (Now I'll try to make bootable my 2nd partition (currently is the > |> 3rd), to try if I can choose between 2nd and 3rd at least...) > |> > | ok I managed to boot on 3rd, skipping the 2nd (luckily, because this > | one just panic :-p ). > | But I had to try really hard -lots of retries- (timings to press Aux > | are not so obvious, and it is quick). I need practice :-p > > Yes the AUX to skip thing is not that useful, it's only reasonable if > you have one kernel in SD. After that the LED and vib feedback just > aren't enough to have any confidence about what the hell is going on :-) > > | That's why I can't tell for sure yet if this method can bring me NAND > | boot or not.... I could not but maybe did not press the right way... > > If you press it one time too many you'll end up in the memory test I > think. > > This can be done way better than a bootloader ever can with a chopped > down Linux kernel and tiny rootfs on the framebuffer / display and > touchpanel. > > - -Andy > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iEYEARECAAYFAkmC7rkACgkQOjLpvpq7dMpllQCeOEkF63nw8aa9vDIRJ/h59hla > GxAAniwGoXuZVhrR5T0qBu8PDl09QS52 > =0XRu > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/trying-Qi-tp2244317p2244546.html Sent from the Openmoko Kernel mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
