linux-kernel - Re: Linux based bootloader

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Date:	Wed, 12 Sep 2012 10:07:04 +0200
From:	Jorge Dominguez <jmadom@...eves.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Linux based bootloader

HiGeert,

Excuse me for my lack of boldness when searching on Internet

Best Regards,
Jorge

El 12/09/2012 9:57, Geert Uytterhoeven escribió:
> Hi Jorge,
>
> On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 9:25 AM, Jorge Dominguez<jmadom@...eves.com>  wrote:
>> I find link on Web that describes a module to load other linux kernel or
>> bootloader with a commandline params inside a linux.
>>
>> Works are perform by bootloader kernel module that get kernel, initrd and
>> command line params.
>>
>> http://www.embeddedarm.com/software/arm-linux-bootloader.php
>>
>> Unfortunately, this module has been developed by a private company and
>> payment.
>>
>> All embedded developers are waiting for a module of its kind in the kernel
>> but open source and would greatly facilitate the development of the kernel
>> for these systems without having to flash the kernel or loaded via nfs or
>> other boot method.
>>
>> Send this email after looking at some kernel module that can do this work..
>> Would be very grateful if you could tell me something about it.
>>
>> I don´t subscribe to linux-kernel mailing list, Please send me a CC'ed
>> response
> What about kexec and kboot/petitboot?
>
> Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
>
>                          Geert
>
> --
> Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 --geert@...ux-m68k.org
>
> In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
> when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
>                                  -- Linus Torvalds
>


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