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* [PATCH 2.6.10-rc1 0/2] [m32r] Update for a new bootloader "m32r-g00ff"
@ 2004-11-11 13:11 Hirokazu Takata
  2004-11-11 13:12 ` [PATCH 2.6.10-rc1 1/2] [m32r] Update for m32r-g00ff Hirokazu Takata
  2004-11-11 13:12 ` [PATCH 2.6.10-rc1 2/2] [m32r] CF boot support for Mappi2 Hirokazu Takata
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Hirokazu Takata @ 2004-11-11 13:11 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Andrew Morton; +Cc: linux-kernel, takata, gniibe

Hello,

This patchset was originally from NIIBE Yutaka.

These patch update the m32r kernel for a new bootloader "m32r-g00ff".
The "m32r-g00ff" has been written and developed by NIIBE Yutaka,
and released under the GPL from http://www.gniibe.org/.

So far, it supports two types of booting operations,
CF boot and Network boot (HTTP boot).

* CF boot - boot from CompactFlash or Microdrive(TM)
  We can boot a kernel from CF device.
  To make use of m32r-g00ff, we just put a first stage IPL(initial program
  loader) into a flash memory, and a secondary bootloader into CF media device.
  Currently, LILO-21.4.4 can be used to write m32r-g00ff into the boot sector
  of CF device on a cross development environment.

* HTTP boot - boot via network with HTTP protocol
  By using m32r-g00ff, we can download and boot a kernel image from 
  a web-server.  The m32r-g00ff downloads a kernel image from a given URL,
  resolving the webserver's IP address by DNS.
  As a preparation, we just place a secondary bootloader binary and
  a kernel image on the webserver.

Regards,

Signed-off-by: NIIBE Yutaka <gniibe@fsij.org>
Signed-off-by: Hirokazu Takata <takata@linux-m32r.org>
---

[PATCH 2.6.10-rc1 1/2] [m32r] Update for m32r-g00ff
- Position-independent zImage support;
  this aims at removing constraints of zImage(vmlinuz)'s location.

[PATCH 2.6.10-rc1 2/2] [m32r] CF boot support for Mappi2
- Update io_mappi2.c to access a CF device as an IDE disk device
  for Mappi2 eva board.
- Please set CONFIG_M32R_CFC=n, when you use m32r-g00ff for CF boot.

--
Hirokazu Takata <takata@linux-m32r.org>
Linux/M32R Project:  http://www.linux-m32r.org/


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