[OLPC-devel] Re: just tested new buildrom with linuxbios version 2376

[Jordan Crouse]

On 15/08/06 14:49 -0500, Richard Smith wrote:
> >
> >The graphical boot isn't persistant.  It goes away when the timeout
> >expires or when a menu option is selected.  Do we seriously want a shell
> >always available on the production ROM?  I say no.
> >
> 
> I say yes.
> 
> You are going to blow the whole thing away when you kexec into the new
> kernel so this would only be active if the boot failed.  Exactly when
> you need a shell.

Ok, fine. You can come up with a 1000 strawman arguments for a shell,
and I'm not equiped to refute them all. 

Regardless, the menu and shell running together right now probably won't
have the effect that you imagine it will.  To help Ron's problem, we can
add new shell scripts to boot the NAND and USB, so one could type boot_nand
or boot_usb at the shell to continue on with the boot.  That should do what
Ron needs with minimal effort.

Jordan

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Jordan Crouse
Senior Linux Engineer
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
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