Quoting Christopher Allan Webber <[email protected]>: > It is good to hear that bootmenu is working on the n900, but IMO this is > just a workaround for the root of the problem: the NOLO bootloader > clearly sucks, is non-free, and is just plain unconfigurable (or if it > is configurable, there seems to be non documentation on that). Is there > any chance that something both free and configurable like U-Boot might > be ported to the N900 anytime soon? > > Thx, > - cwebb NOLO's purpose is simple - set up an environment to execute a zImage from the NAND area or load a zImage from USB. Or allow for flashing the NAND/eMMC through USB. In this case, noone says you cannot include a bootmenu in that zImage that selects a new root. Even though it might be non-free, it does do its job quite well. Works for me, personally.
I doubt u-boot will be ported due to the lack of JTAG and that it's a bit of risky business in terms of bricking your device trying to port it. :) > _______________________________________________ > maemo-developers mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers > _______________________________________________ maemo-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
