Hi again,
>
> I'm going to take a look at MILO shortly, but maybe one of you folks could
> answer a question about it for me -- what does MILO do besides load the
> kernel
> into memory and jump to its start address? Our board has a PROM monitor
> built
> in that can talk to ethernet, load in executable code, and jump to a start
> address; I'm hoping that I can use that. Then I could just recompile the
> kernel and boot the new version by downloading over ethernet.
>
Well, there are some variables that the kernel expects at certain
locations, ie. board type, video resolution etc. You'll need to set them
to appropriate values, otherwise results are, well... unpredictable :-)
>
> Right now, we don't :-O ! Brannen and I are the only two working on it right
> now; hopefully that will change soon!
>
Hmmm. Well, if you can work fulltime on this project, it might work...
I whish you the best!
Cheers,
Andy
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