boot kernel off an mtd device

David Woodhouse dwmw2 at infradead.org
Sun Nov 4 07:36:04 EST 2001


amit.lubovsky at infineon.com said:
> Is there a way to boot the linux kernel from CFI using mtd drivers ?

No. The MTD drivers run in Linux and cannot be used before Linux is 
running. 

> I use the MIPS-5kc and I have just seen this link that talks about x86
> systems, http://www.EmbeddedLinuxWorks.com/articles/rolo_guide.html 

ROLO is x86-only, I believe. Try RedBoot. Is it this board? 
http://sources.redhat.com/ecos/boards/atlas-5K.html

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