Re: boot1 changes and etherboot support

2001-02-19 Thread Warner Losh
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Doug Ambrisko writes: : Is this bits or bytes. The Intel firmware hub can have 4 or 8 Mbits that : comes with any Intel 8XX system so with gzip you could fit a bunch of : stuff in a standard off the shelf motherboard. Also CMOS memory is : increasing and that cou

Re: boot1 changes and etherboot support

2001-02-19 Thread Doug Ambrisko
Warner Losh writes: | In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Luigi Rizzo writes: | : > We'd also be able to load the kernel out of ROM :-) | : | : the whole issue is the size of the ROM isn't it ? | | Yes. I saw a few datasheets for embedded systems that have 2M or 4M | of flash. Some of that is for t

Re: boot1 changes and etherboot support

2001-02-18 Thread Andre Oppermann
Luigi Rizzo wrote: > > > > + put some conditional-compilation code in boot1.s > > > + have a separate file, say bootrom.s, maybe in the same directory > > > as the existing boot1 > > > + pass the modified code to the etherboot people so they can include > > > in their source tree. >

Re: boot1 changes and etherboot support

2001-02-18 Thread Robert Nordier
Luigi Rizzo wrote: > > > + put some conditional-compilation code in boot1.s > > > + have a separate file, say bootrom.s, maybe in the same directory > > > as the existing boot1 > > > + pass the modified code to the etherboot people so they can include > > > in their source tree. > >

Re: boot1 changes and etherboot support

2001-02-18 Thread Warner Losh
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Luigi Rizzo writes: : > We'd also be able to load the kernel out of ROM :-) : : the whole issue is the size of the ROM isn't it ? Yes. I saw a few datasheets for embedded systems that have 2M or 4M of flash. Some of that is for the BIOS, but part of it can be use

Re: boot1 changes and etherboot support

2001-02-18 Thread Luigi Rizzo
> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Luigi Rizzo writes: > : If we had it, we could just 'dd' the boot code and the kernel onto > : a compactflash and boot from it without having to worry about > : creating a filesystem. > > We'd also be able to load the kernel out of ROM :-) the whole issue is the

Re: boot1 changes and etherboot support

2001-02-18 Thread Warner Losh
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Luigi Rizzo writes: : If we had it, we could just 'dd' the boot code and the kernel onto : a compactflash and boot from it without having to worry about : creating a filesystem. We'd also be able to load the kernel out of ROM :-) Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail

Re: boot1 changes and etherboot support

2001-02-18 Thread Luigi Rizzo
> > + put some conditional-compilation code in boot1.s > > + have a separate file, say bootrom.s, maybe in the same directory > > as the existing boot1 > > + pass the modified code to the etherboot people so they can include > > in their source tree. > > > > in all sincerity i'd lov

Re: boot1 changes and etherboot support

2001-02-17 Thread Robert Nordier
Luigi Rizzo wrote: > > Luigi Rizzo wrote: > > > > > I have spent some time trying to put etherboot[1] code onto the > > > hard disk so that it can be selected using the FreeBSD boot > > > manager. I ended up doing it with a small amt of modifications > > > to the "boot1" code, for which a patch

Re: boot1 changes and etherboot support

2001-02-17 Thread Luigi Rizzo
> Luigi Rizzo wrote: > > > I have spent some time trying to put etherboot[1] code onto the > > hard disk so that it can be selected using the FreeBSD boot > > manager. I ended up doing it with a small amt of modifications > > to the "boot1" code, for which a patch is attached. > > > > Maybe it c

Re: boot1 changes and etherboot support

2001-02-17 Thread Robert Nordier
Luigi Rizzo wrote: > I have spent some time trying to put etherboot[1] code onto the > hard disk so that it can be selected using the FreeBSD boot > manager. I ended up doing it with a small amt of modifications > to the "boot1" code, for which a patch is attached. > > Maybe it could be interest

boot1 changes and etherboot support

2001-02-16 Thread Luigi Rizzo
sorry if this is not the most appropriate forum to discuss this, redirects appreciated. I have spent some time trying to put etherboot[1] code onto the hard disk so that it can be selected using the FreeBSD boot manager. I ended up doing it with a small amt of modifications to the "boot1" code