trying Qi

[HackCandy]

Hi Andy,

| This can be done way better than a bootloader ever can with a chopped
| down Linux kernel and tiny rootfs on the framebuffer / display and
| touchpanel. 

Any pointers for making a tiny rootfs (Ramdisk)? Do you have
any pre-built ramdisk available anywhere ?

- HHC.


Andy Green wrote:
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> | On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 13:00, Cédric Berger
> <cedric.berger74 at gmail.com> wrote:
> |> (Now I'll try to make bootable my 2nd partition (currently is the
> |> 3rd), to try if I can choose between 2nd and 3rd at least...)
> |>
> | ok I managed to boot on 3rd, skipping the 2nd (luckily, because this
> | one just panic :-p ).
> | But I had to try really hard -lots of retries- (timings to press Aux
> | are not so obvious, and it is quick). I need practice :-p
> 
> Yes the AUX to skip thing is not that useful, it's only reasonable if
> you have one kernel in SD.  After that the LED and vib feedback just
> aren't enough to have any confidence about what the hell is going on :-)
> 
> | That's why I can't tell for sure yet if this method can bring me NAND
> | boot or not.... I could not but maybe did not press the right way...
> 
> If you press it one time too many you'll end up in the memory test I
> think.
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> This can be done way better than a bootloader ever can with a chopped
> down Linux kernel and tiny rootfs on the framebuffer / display and
> touchpanel.
> 
> - -Andy
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