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RE: [iPAQ] Restore CE (or bootldr) from Redboot?
- From: "Noel J. Bergman" <noel at devtech dot com>
- To: "Hicks, Jamey" <Jamey dot Hicks at compaq dot com>
- Cc: <ipaq at handhelds dot org>,"eCos Discussion" <ecos-discuss at sources dot redhat dot com>,"Ted Serreyn" <ted at serreyn dot com>
- Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2002 14:01:43 -0500
- Subject: [ECOS] RE: [iPAQ] Restore CE (or bootldr) from Redboot?
Let me know when you've got something you want played with. Will you be
doing the DRAM as well as the Flash?
--- Noel
-----Original Message-----
From: Hicks, Jamey [mailto:Jamey.Hicks@compaq.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 11:35
To: Noel J. Bergman
Cc: ipaq@handhelds.org; eCos Discussion; Ted Serreyn
Subject: RE: [iPAQ] Restore CE (or bootldr) from Redboot?
Certainly blit to/from CF is a useful thing. I'm working on that right
now.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Noel J. Bergman [mailto:noel@devtech.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 10:59 AM
> To: Hicks, Jamey
> Cc: ipaq@handhelds.org; eCos Discussion; Ted Serreyn
> Subject: RE: [iPAQ] Restore CE (or bootldr) from Redboot?
>
>
> Jamey,
>
> I believe that Ted meant "switch" as in re-load, not as in
> run from CF.
>
> In any event, what would happen if the bootloader worked with
> CF (as the HTC
> loader does), and provided options to blit both Flash and
> DRAM to/from CF?
> So if I held the action key upon warm reset, it'd be offered
> the option to
> save or restore a compressed image? At least in theory, wouldn't that
> provide the ability to save my current WinCE image, and load
> in my saved
> linux image; and later to restore my WinCE image including
> data with perfect
> binary fidelity?
>
> --- Noel
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ipaq-admin@handhelds.org [mailto:ipaq-admin@handhelds.org]On
> Behalf Of Hicks, Jamey
> Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 8:07
> To: Ted Serreyn
> Cc: ipaq@handhelds.org; eCos Discussion
> Subject: RE: [iPAQ] Restore CE (or bootldr) from Redboot?
>
> > Ok, how about this, Given that you [have] redboot
> installed, is there a
> > mechanism to just put linux on a flash card and wince on a
> flash card
> > then switch as needed?
>
> That might be the ideal dual boot scenario, but the PocketPC
> images for
> the iPAQ will not run from a flash card -- you have to install them in
> flash.
>
> The dual boot configuration that I think is feasible is to be able to
> boot either WinCE, installed in Flash, or another operating
> system such
> as Linux from external media such as CF, SD, etc.
>
> One difficulty in doing this is being able to implement
> suspend/resume.
> The firmware has to be able to decide whether it is resuming WinCE or
> Linux before it turns DRAM back on. (If it is resuming WinCE, the
> firmware does not turn on DRAM -- WinCE does). We need a SA1100
> register that we know is used differently by PocketPC and
> Linux that the
> firmware can examine.
>
> Jamey
>
>