From: Gary Thomas <gthomas@redhat.com>
To: Jesper Skov <jskov@redhat.com>
Cc: ecos-discuss@sources.redhat.com, Fabrice Gautier <gautier@email.enst.fr>
Subject: Re: [ECOS] Linux over RedBoot
Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 05:11:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <XFMail.20010712061103.gthomas@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <otr8vmtzyr.fsf@zoftcorp.adsl.dk>
On 12-Jul-2001 Jesper Skov wrote:
>>>>>> "Fabrice" == Fabrice Gautier <gautier@email.enst.fr> writes:
>
> Fabrice> On Wed, 11 Jul 2001 15:53:14 -0600 (MDT)
> Fabrice> Gary Thomas <gthomas@redhat.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> On 11-Jul-2001 Venkat Mynampati wrote:
>>> > Has anyone tried running Linux over Redboot?
>>>
>>> We do it all the time on a number of different platforms.
>>>
>>> Do you have specific questions about this, or just wondering?
>
> Fabrice> Yes, one (for now) Does your linux kernel use Redboots
> Fabrice> Virtual Vectors and stuff or is Redboot just wiped from
> Fabrice> memory once the kernel is launched?
>
> RedBoot is wiped on all platforms. Linux runs directly on the
> hardware.
>
> However, on SH platforms RedBoot can still be used to debug the Linux
> kernel (via serial only though).
This is purely a matter of *cooperation* - if the Linux kernel is willing
to cooperate with the debug agent [RedBoot], as with the SH version, then
many things are possible. In most cases, Linux considers itself omnipotent
and RedBoot is out of the picture the instant you say 'exec'.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-07-12 5:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-07-11 14:09 Venkat Mynampati
2001-07-11 14:36 ` Jonathan Larmour
2001-07-11 14:53 ` Gary Thomas
2001-07-11 20:32 ` Fabrice Gautier
2001-07-11 23:37 ` Jesper Skov
2001-07-12 5:11 ` Gary Thomas [this message]
2001-07-12 5:30 ` Fabrice Gautier
2001-07-12 5:39 ` Gary Thomas
2001-07-12 5:45 ` Jesper Skov
2001-07-12 1:54 ` [ECOS] sscanf() vs. fgetc() Peter Graf
2001-07-12 3:23 ` Peter Graf
2001-07-12 3:28 ` Robin Farine
2001-07-12 3:42 ` Jonathan Larmour
2001-07-12 5:02 ` Robin Farine
2001-07-12 3:45 ` Peter Graf
2001-07-12 4:00 ` Jonathan Larmour
2001-07-12 5:57 ` Peter Graf
2001-07-12 6:13 ` Jonathan Larmour
2001-07-12 7:43 ` Peter Graf
2001-07-12 11:17 ` Robin Farine
2001-07-12 11:55 ` Jonathan Larmour
2001-07-13 2:33 ` Peter Graf
2001-07-13 2:33 ` Peter Graf
2001-07-12 8:28 [ECOS] Linux over RedBoot Venkat Mynampati
2001-07-12 13:04 ` Gary Thomas
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