Re: Linux bootloader for XScale

From: Elder Costa (elder.costa_at_terra.com.br)
Date: 01/08/04 

Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2004 17:43:30 -0200

lur wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> We are working on a Intel DBPXA255 based platform and we have to port
> embedded Linux to it. We are using ElinOS version 2.2 and we have seen
> that there are many boot strategies (eboot, etherboot, rolo,
> lilo,...).

Aren't these for x86 architectures? We are talking here of a totally
different architecture and it implies different tools and strategies.

>
> We'd like to know which is the most aproppiated bootloader in our
> case. We would thank you any advice, because we are new in the Linux
> world.

May I suggest you buy Karim Yaghmour's book?
http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT5955697568.html

There are 4 or 5 boot loaders for ARMs in general (and PXA2xx in
particular). Besides UBOOT mentioned elsewhere, look for redboot.

Regards.

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