[OLPC-devel] new strategy

[Ronald G Minnich]

I just realized I don't give a fig if I actually boot the OLPC 
environment from USB. All I want to do is load an image from usb to NAND 
flash. It doesn't really matter what kernel is on the USB stick.

It's also clear to me that the current kernel is unlikely to be 
kexec-able in the near future -- yes, fixable, but none of us has time 
right now.

I ought to add, however, that this really has to get fixed -- the bios 
strategy relies on kexec working. For now the fix is simple -- slim down 
that .config! -- but we need to figure out what's up here.

For now, I am going to copy Jordan's buildrom environment to a new 
environment called buildusb. This will let me set up a full busybox 
universe -- all the tools -- on a stick, along with the tar image of 
olpc world, and from there install onto the NAND flash. 128MB looks 
REALLY big to busybox.

Sorry this has been so long, but I just realized yesterday -- the 
current OLPC .config, if used with any 2.6 kernel, will make that kernel 
unusable with BOTH qemu and kexec. It just took forever to penetrate my 
thick skull :-)

thanks

ron