From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jonathan Larmour To: rajeev50@lycos.com Cc: ecos-discuss@sources.redhat.com Subject: Re: [ECOS] Redboot Installation Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 14:38:00 -0000 Message-id: <3B16B9BF.A21F39C4@redhat.com> References: X-SW-Source: 2001-05/msg00572.html Rajeev murthy wrote: > > > >> how board specific is the installation procedure of Redboot? > > > >In general, completely. How can you load programs onto the board? Does it > >have FLASH to program (and if so, have you written a driver)? Or can you > >program it with JTAG? Does it just have a socketed EPROM you can program? > > for downloading the images, i have my own program-loader which is a variant of the SETTOP protocol. > how much porting effort would it involve to make Redboot start communicating with the board. If you want a figure I can't give you a straight answer. Your hardware may have all sorts of idiosyncracies. But you could probably expect to get to the point of having RedBoot doing output within a week depending on your experience. It takes us (Red Hat) less in general, but we have a lot more experience :-). Jifl -- Red Hat, Rustat House, Clifton Road, Cambridge, UK. Tel: +44 (1223) 271062 Maybe this world is another planet's Hell -Aldous Huxley || Opinions==mine Come to the Red Hat TechWorld open source conference in Brussels! Keynotes, techie talks and exhibitions http://www.redhat-techworld.com/