Bug#169542: RFP: crl-ohh-bootldr -- CRL/OHH Bootloader for handhelds
On Sat, Jan 25, 2003 at 06:08:36PM +0000, Philip Blundell wrote:
>
> It's not really clear to me what the benefit would be of packaging the
> bootldr in Debian. It has to be programmed into its own flash sector,
> doesn't require any supporting files, and Debian doesn't currently have
> direct support for any of the platforms that the bootldr runs on.
>
> What was your reason for requesting that this program be packaged?
Debian runs on ARM and should support arm-based pocketpcs. the iPAQ
needs this bootloader to load the kernel Linux.
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Robert Millan
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