Re: Advice, papers, software for newbie ARM developer
Dear Liberty,
in message <[🔎] 1076702385.763.4.camel@stimutacs> you wrote:
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> recommendations for ARM software. One of the biggest hurdles we face
> that have previously kept us in the x86 market was the BIOS. There are
> those who tell me that Linux-arm has bootloaders, such as brog, that can
> allow one to quickly make a BIOS/Linux-bootloader within a few weeks!
Depending on the complexity of your hardware, porting U-Boot to a new
board is a job of 1...2 weeks for an experienced developer. See
http://u-boot.sf.net/ and http://www.denx.de/twiki/bin/view/DULG
> I'm dubious of such claims, and I was wondering what the people on this
> list use for their BIOS, and how long does it typically take to produce
> a working BIOS for their ARM products that can boot Linux.
This depends on your experience. See above.
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
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Boss, n.: According to the Oxford English Dictionary, in the Middle
Ages the words "boss" and "botch" were largely synonymous, except
that boss, in addition to meaning "a supervisor of workers" also
meant "an ornamental stud."
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