Next step with LinuxBIOS

Next step with LinuxBIOS

[YhLu]

with Linuxtiny,  I enable the 
1. serial console
2. tcp/ip
3. smp ( i need apic...)
4. usb storage
5. lsi scsi disk
6. ide

the kernel get 682k.

actually space for normal payloads is 1024-128-90=806k.

how about the next step?
another small program to provide 
1. menu support
2. flash
3. cmos setting
4. boot from Net.. (copy to ramdisk and kexec)
5. boot from disk...(kexec...)

the small program in ramdisk or initramfs...?

Please comment

YH

Re: Next step with LinuxBIOS

[Diego Calleja]

El Wed, 18 May 2005 12:42:31 -0700,
YhLu <YhLu@tyan.com> escribió:

> 3. smp ( i need apic...)

Why? Can't you use "Local APIC support on uniprocessors" (CONFIG_X86_UP_APIC)?

Re: Next step with LinuxBIOS

[Ronald G. Minnich]

YES, please send me your kernel config and I'd like to try this. The 
single biggest complaint we get on linubios is
- no command interface
- can't load a system from cdrom
- can't boot from arbitrary disk
- no command interface
- no command interface
- no command interface
- no command interface
- no command interface
- no command interface
- "we hate etherboot"
- "FILO does not do enough"
- "we want Open Firmware"

Oh, wait, that's more than one, but you get my drift. Please send config 
file!

I'd really like to get a kernel in there and start resolving these issues. 

ron

RE: Next step with LinuxBIOS

[YhLu]

Good. spare 40k. I can put IB driver in it now.

YH

 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diego Calleja [mailto:diegocg@gmail.com] 
> Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 1:21 PM
> To: YhLu
> Cc: rminnich@lanl.gov; ebiederman@lnxi.com; 
> stepan@openbios.org; ollie@lanl.gov; linuxbios@openbios.org; 
> linux-tiny@selenic.com; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> Subject: Re: Next step with LinuxBIOS
> 
> El Wed, 18 May 2005 12:42:31 -0700,
> YhLu <YhLu@tyan.com> escribió:
> 
> > 3. smp ( i need apic...)
> 
> Why? Can't you use "Local APIC support on uniprocessors" 
> (CONFIG_X86_UP_APIC)?
>