Re: [linuxsh-dev] Some modifications to the kernel in the CVS

[Mitch D. <mj...@au...>]

NIIBE Yutaka wrote:
> 
> pi...@li... wrote:
>  > Eventually though, my plan is to migrate some (or all) the
>  > hardware initialization code in the kernel so that the
>  > kernel can be standalone.

The kernel will be standalone, but will then only work on one
type of hardware.  We would like to make kernels which work on
all boards which have the same CPU core.

(Although I don't know if we want to go to the extreme of the
people who made Linux kernels which would boot both on Amigas and
Ataris... :-)

I am familiar with the functioning of a small bootloader
that would do the trick nicely.  I can't release the source, but
it wouldn't take much to rewrite it black-box fashion.  This could
then be released in source form as a basic template for people to
change.  Add a HOWTO-for-your-hardware, and I think these problems
will be history.

> Instead, how about introducing kernel parameter for bootloader passing
> to the kernel about CPG, as well as RAM size, command line option and
> others?

Nice idea.  At present, PC bootloaders pass in a number of PC-specific
parameters (derived from the BIOS) that the kernel uses.  We could
pass in values in a similar fashion.

Regards,

Mitch.
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