Supporting extension ROMs and beyond...
ron minnich
rminnich at lanl.gov
Fri Aug 8 12:07:00 CEST 2003
On Fri, 8 Aug 2003, Adam Agnew wrote:
for example;
> linuxBIOS ->
> VGA Search and Init ROM ELF
with its own printk, etc?
> <- Back to linuxBIOS
> linuxBIOS ->
with its own printk, etc?
> Polled IDE & File Systems Support ELF
> Success:
> -> Linux
> Failure
> <- Back to LinuxBIOS
> LinuxBIOS ->
with its own printk, etc?
> Etherboot tftp boot ELF
> Success:
> -> Linux
> Failure
> <- Back to LinuxBIOS
> LinuxBIOS ->
with its own printk, etc?
> Last Ditch Effort Floppy Boot ELF
with its own printk, etc?
> Success:
> -> Linux
> Failure
> <- Back to LinuxBIOS
I just don't see this as the best approach. If we're going to have some
flexibilty in boot modules, why not just compile them in in a flexible
way, as opposed to building them all separately? What's the advantage?
ron
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