STPC Linux and WinCE.net loaders available for free - full source code

[thierry239955_st]

Posted on August 08, 2005 at 07:48

STPC Linux and WinCE.net loaders available for free - full source code

[jchamoin9]

Posted on July 11, 2005 at 13:20

hello,

(sorry I'm french, my english is net good) i'm working on a card which uses STPC. I've compiled my kernel but i would like to know how to install a Boot loader on the flash card (the flash card contained linux) thx a lot JaY

[thierry239955_st]

Posted on August 08, 2005 at 07:48

Hi Jay,

Flash card are traditionally connected to the IDE controller and would require to initialize this controller before to access it. You also need to transfer data to the RAM before to execute the code as flash card doesn't support eXecute-in-Place. This two operations (IDE intitialization + transfer to the RAM) are both done by the bootloader itself... that then need to be stored in another location. The usual way is to store the bootloader in a standard NOR flash and the rest of the system in the flash card. I unfortunatly don't see any better solution... Farfalla