editing scripts in linuxbios

[Martin Langhoff]

On 9/15/06, Jim Gettys <jg at laptop.org> wrote:
> You must be *very* careful what tool chain you use for building the BIOS
> image.  Right now there are gcc/ld combinations that will produce
> unrunable BIOS'es, floating around in different distributions.  I don't
> remember the exact versions in which distro's that do work properly.

Indeed. To make those changes I need the full toolchain that, as you
say, isn't that stable. Wasn't planning to get into LinuxBIOS hacking
_that_ much ;-) just polishing the ash scripts.

Ah, well. I will refrain for the time being from hacking on those
scripts, specially since I don't have a PLCC Flash chip (is that
standard hw I can source independently?).

[ My goals are more on the apps side of things. I have not interest in
  bricking this board. And what I can contribute on the LinuxBIOS side
  is limited at best. ]

On a related angle, the current scripts try NAND first, and USB
second. If I install to NAND, is there a way to force a boot from USB?

cheers,


martin