Hi Robert,
>> I have some local modifications to the md driver to allow it to point
>> at an area of flash. The filesystem that is stored there is read only
>> though.

What kind of Flash file system do you use?
Is it the same one with what embedded Linux uses?

Thanks and regards,
Colin


-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Swindells [mailto:rjs@fdy2.demon.co.uk]=20
Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 9:53 PM
To: Lin, Colin(=AAL=AB=D8=A6w IAC)
Cc: port-hpcarm@NetBSD.org
Subject: Re: Booting questions about hpcarm


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<Lin.Colin@iac.com.tw> wrote:

>Now we are trying to put NetBSD on our device. Booting from the
>internal Flash would be an important issue.

>Is there any valuable information about this, no matter Linux or
>NetBSD related?

The handhelds.org bootldr will boot a NetBSD kernel from flash. I use
it on a SA1110 based webpad. The interface between the bootloader
and the kernel needs to match the cats code, so it won't load
an hpcarm kernel.

The evbarm ports use redboot as a bootloader.

I have some local modifications to the md driver to allow it to point
at an area of flash. The filesystem that is stored there is read only
though.

Robert Swindells