From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 2253 invoked by alias); 5 Aug 2002 23:40:52 -0000 Mailing-List: contact ecos-maintainers-help@sources.redhat.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: ecos-maintainers-owner@sources.redhat.com Received: (qmail 2246 invoked from network); 5 Aug 2002 23:40:50 -0000 Subject: Re: Regarding Ecos and Redboot. From: Gary Thomas To: sivakumar Cc: ecos-maintainers@sources.redhat.com In-Reply-To: <01c401c23c68$568f4350$970806c0@siva> References: <01c401c23c68$568f4350$970806c0@siva> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.3 (1.0.3-4) Date: Mon, 05 Aug 2002 16:40:00 -0000 Message-Id: <1028590850.17057.47.camel@hermes.chez-thomas.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-SW-Source: 2002-08/txt/msg00001.txt.bz2 On Mon, 2002-08-05 at 04:10, SIVAKUMAR SUBRAMANI wrote: > Hi, > > I want to use Redboot as my PC BIOS. When I was reading the Redboot > User guide, I found that, with some appropriate chages, we can use Reboot as > a PC BIOS. I could not find any details of how to use Redboot as a PC BIOS. > Can any one send me some details about how to use Redboot as a PC BIOS. While possible, it's not straight forward. eCos (and hence RedBoot) can easily run on "bare" hardware, but we'd need the exact hardware details for the platform. These are often unavailable, or obscured by the manufacturer. On truly embedded devices, such as something which might be crafted for a particular application rather than an off-the-shelf unit, eCos+RedBoot would be a viable solution. What sort of platform are you talking about? If it's custom, would you be interested in having eCos+RedBoot ported to it? -- ------------------------------------------------------------ Gary Thomas | MLB Associates | Consulting for the +1 (970) 229-1963 | Embedded world gary@mlbassoc.com | http://www.mlbassoc.com/ | ------------------------------------------------------------