Post- GTA02

Felipe Balbi me at felipebalbi.com
Wed Mar 19 16:34:50 CET 2008



On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 12:21:00 -0300, Werner Almesberger
<werner at openmoko.org> wrote:
> Felipe Balbi wrote:
>> I really like the idea of minimal bootloader, but not direct on the
> kernel.
>> LKML won't like it at all. We can have a separate project for this
> minimal
>> bootloader. I'm pretty sure 50k lines of code is way enough.
> 
> This would be the kernel booting into an initramfs specifically
> tailored for this purpose and then booting the real system through
> kexec. LKML won't mind - your kernel can do that already today :-)

Ugh, my mistake :-p

>> This is also a bit weird as if our sd card break we can't use the device
>> :-s
> 
> At least you can replace it, unlike NAND soldered to the PCB or even
> sitting in the same package as the MCU core :-) Also, one IMHO huge
> benefit is that you can install the Flash technology available at the
> time you buy the microSD card (and also at the size/price point at
> that time), which may be years after we choose what chips go into the
> system.

I've never seen a NAND break. And I reflash my n810 several times everyday.
I can't see the big issue :-s

-- 
Best Regards,

Felipe Balbi
http://felipebalbi.com
me at felipebalbi.com





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