On Wed, Sep 26, 2001 at 14:13:26 -0400, Pete Zaitcev wrote:

> > > 4. Can I put the kernel/OS on the flash-prom?
> > 
> > I think that it might be possible to boot the kernel directly from
> > flash simm.  It will require a.out'ifying the kernel, as firmware
> > doesn't understand elf.  I'm not sure if it's worth the trouble.
> 
> Krups boots ELF from the flash SIMM, and not a.out.
> Also, the loader must be checksummed in an undocumented,
> but simple to understand way. The code to compute the sum is here:
>  http://people.redhat.com/zaitcev/linux/jsflash_02.tar.gz

Thanks for the tip.  Indeed, sifting elf gives some interesting bits.

SY, Uwe
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