[ Date Index ] [ Thread Index ] [ <= Previous by date / thread ] [ Next by date / thread => ]
Gordon Henderson wrote: > Wondering also if it's possible to build a system with (say) the bottom > 2MB of memory being Flash RAM directly memory mapped and set to read-only > with the kernel image sitting inside it, using the rest of RAM for it's > data structures. Almost a kernel on ROM then with no bootloader required. > It would execute slower from Flash than RAM, but maybe some clever caching > could make that faster, who knows! > > Gordon > > Is this something that CoreBoot (formally LinuxBIOS) does? I'm sure that I read somewhere that CoreBoot actually boots the Linux kernel when it boots. Not sure if that might be an option? Rob -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html