Re: Power-on to GUI in 20 seconds

2008-08-29 Thread Martin Dengler
On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 05:47:02PM -0400, Richard A. Smith wrote: > [tuxonice keep image mode pointers] So it appears I need to recompile and boot a tuxonice kernel to get an image[1]. In case anyone can steer me away from the wrong direction, I'm going to try: # kernel-foo 1) to compile the olp

Re: Power-on to GUI in 20 seconds

2008-08-29 Thread Richard A. Smith
Martin Dengler wrote: > If there are any pearls of wisdom around (or prerequisites thereto) I > would try to help convert them into recipies. If it'd be helpful to > future G1G1 people even better. http://www.tuxonice.net/HOWTO Keep image mode. You will have to tweak some of the init sequence t

Re: Power-on to GUI in 20 seconds

2008-08-29 Thread Mitch Bradley
Jim Gettys wrote: > I will note that in January, no less than Gordon Bell congratulated us > on how fast our boot was (slow though we consider it...). > > While for developers making it go faster may be worth some effort just > to save developer time, It's not about saving developer time - it's ab

Re: Power-on to GUI in 20 seconds

2008-08-29 Thread Carl-Daniel Hailfinger
On 29.08.2008 22:19, Edward Cherlin wrote: > I also want to see Open Firmware replace proprietary BIOSes > everywhere. In fact, I would like to see OFW-only embedded systems, > since FORTH is designed for that environment. (I am assuming that > Mitch can add real-time capabilities to OFW, and that

Re: Power-on to GUI in 20 seconds

2008-08-29 Thread Martin Dengler
On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 04:58:56PM -0400, Richard A. Smith wrote: > Martin Dengler wrote: > > >Could SD/USB key space be used instead of NAND? > > Yes. But then you have to ship one of those devices. Indeed. For G1G1 people like me an SD card that allowed me to boot super quickly, or even a few

Re: Power-on to GUI in 20 seconds

2008-08-29 Thread Richard A. Smith
Martin Dengler wrote: > Could SD/USB key space be used instead of NAND? Yes. But then you have to ship one of those devices. -- Richard Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> One Laptop Per Child ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.o

Re: Power-on to GUI in 20 seconds

2008-08-29 Thread Martin Dengler
On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 04:51:23PM -0400, Richard A. Smith wrote: > Creating a initial suspend image that is loaded on boot [is] trivial > to setup. > > The reason we don't do it is because it burns up a 100 or so megs of > NAND space. Could SD/USB key space be used instead of NAND? Martin p

Re: Power-on to GUI in 20 seconds

2008-08-29 Thread Richard A. Smith
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > i can't resist pointing out that we could probably do that with > > > linux too, if we weren't committed to using an off-the-shelf desktop > > > distribution. This doesn't have anything to do with the fact that we use a off-the-shelf distro vs a custom embedded

Re: Power-on to GUI in 20 seconds

2008-08-29 Thread Bert Freudenberg
Am 29.08.2008 um 22:19 schrieb Edward Cherlin: > bert wrote: >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0fAUGRUDVA >> >> Brought to you by Gerardo Richarte, with bootstrapping help from >> Mitch Bradley. > > Thanks, Mitch. Where can we get details and code? Its not released yet, but

Re: Power-on to GUI in 20 seconds

2008-08-29 Thread Martin Dengler
On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 04:03:53PM -0400, Jim Gettys wrote: > we should keep our eye on the prize of fast suspend/resume. We're > at 1.3 seconds; our hardware is good to .05 seconds (...and the crowd goes wild!) Amen. > - Jim Martin pgpaz8QVvoaqn.pgp Description:

Re: Power-on to GUI in 20 seconds

2008-08-29 Thread Edward Cherlin
On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 11:38 AM, Mitch Bradley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > pgf wrote: > >> bert wrote: >> > Am 29.08.2008 um 15:34 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: >> > >> > > bert wrote: >> > >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0fAUGRUDVA >> > >> >> > >> Brought to you by Gerardo Richarte, with b

Re: Power-on to GUI in 20 seconds

2008-08-29 Thread Jim Gettys
I will note that in January, no less than Gordon Bell congratulated us on how fast our boot was (slow though we consider it...). While for developers making it go faster may be worth some effort just to save developer time, (if the effort is small), we should keep our eye on the prize of fast susp

Re: Power-on to GUI in 20 seconds

2008-08-29 Thread Mitch Bradley
pgf wrote: > bert wrote: > > Am 29.08.2008 um 15:34 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > > > > bert wrote: > > >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0fAUGRUDVA > > >> > > >> Brought to you by Gerardo Richarte, with bootstrapping help from > > >> Mitch Bradley. > > > > > > i can't resist pointin

Re: Power-on to GUI in 20 seconds

2008-08-29 Thread pgf
bert wrote: > Am 29.08.2008 um 15:34 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > > bert wrote: > >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0fAUGRUDVA > >> > >> Brought to you by Gerardo Richarte, with bootstrapping help from > >> Mitch > >> Bradley. > > > > i can't resist pointing out that we could probab

Re: Power-on to GUI in 20 seconds

2008-08-29 Thread Bert Freudenberg
Am 29.08.2008 um 15:34 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > bert wrote: >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0fAUGRUDVA >> >> Brought to you by Gerardo Richarte, with bootstrapping help from >> Mitch >> Bradley. > > i can't resist pointing out that we could probably do that with > linux too, if we weren't

Re: Power-on to GUI in 20 seconds

2008-08-29 Thread pgf
bert wrote: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0fAUGRUDVA > > Brought to you by Gerardo Richarte, with bootstrapping help from Mitch > Bradley. i can't resist pointing out that we could probably do that with linux too, if we weren't committed to using an off-the-shelf desktop distribution.

Power-on to GUI in 20 seconds

2008-08-29 Thread Bert Freudenberg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0fAUGRUDVA Brought to you by Gerardo Richarte, with bootstrapping help from Mitch Bradley. - Bert - ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel