Re: ...delo getting me frustrated :-)
Herbert Valerio Riedel wrote:
> last time I forgot to CC the -mips ml's...
>
> update to the mail below:
>
> after uncommenting the bootinit() call (why is it done anyway?
bootinit is supposed to initialize firmware's access to the boot device.
> when
> reading the partitiontable w/ bootread() it hasn't been called anyway..
> and yet bootread() works...)
> stuff works as follows:
>
>
>
> >>boot
> delo V0.7 Copyright 2000 Florian Lohoff <flo@rfc822.org>
> Loading /etc/delo.conf .. ok
> Loading /vmlinux .......................... ok
>
> KN02-BA V5.7e (PC: 0x80441864, SP: 0x8043fef0)
> >>printenv
> boot=3/rz3
> testaction=q
> haltaction=h
> more=24
> console=s
> #=3
> osconsole=3
> >>
>
> ...why is it stopping here now? :-/
You might be interested in my improved version of delo, source is available
at http://www.csv.ica.uni-stuttgart.de/homes/ths/linux-mips/delo
It fixes several quirks, maybe also this one. I can't promise it will
work for you, though. :-) If bootinit always returns -1, it won't.
Thiemo
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