Executing linux directly from flash

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- vincent.carr
  
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18 years ago

Mon, Jun 27, 2005 4:11 PM

Hi folks,

I'm targeting uClinux for an evaluation board with 1Mb SRAM and 8MB flash. Since 1MB is not enough to run uClinux from I am looking at executing the kernel directly from Flash.

Can this be done? If so, are there any specific tricks to accomplish this? Better still a 'HOWTO'?

I've tried to accomplish this using a simple bootloader which essentially does the following..

kernel_start = (void_fn)FLASH_START_ADDRESS; kernel_start();

Any help or direction appreciated,

Thanks, Vincent

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- William Park
  
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18 years ago

Fri, Jul 1, 2005 4:11 AM

Hmm, probably not relevant to your case, since I doubt your motherboard has USB port and can boot off it. But, I'm booting off USB key for my thin-client.

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