redboot based boot loader for kernels?

[Olivier Houchard]

On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 09:36:44AM -0700, M. Warner Losh wrote:
> In message: <20070228115037.GA30703 at ci0.org>
>             Olivier Houchard <mlfbsd at ci0.org> writes:
> : On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 12:24:59PM +0200, John Hay wrote:
> : > Hi,
> : > 
> : > Does anyone have or is busy with an app that one can load in the
> : > redboot flash, that will load the kernel from the active partition
> : > of a compact flash? I know one can load the kernel in the redboot
> : > flash, but that makes remote upgrading more difficult. The way I
> : > have done with our wrap and soekris boards, is to create 2 slices
> : > on the CF. When upgrading, you just format and install on the
> : > non-active slice, change the active bit and reboot.
> : > 
> : > John
> : 
> : Hi John,
> : 
> : The problem is, it's very difficult to do so in a generic way. RedBoot doesn't
> : export any facility to read from flash, so for each board, such a loader would
> : require an IDE driver to read from CF, etc. As far as I know, nobody is
> : working on it.
> : Would being able to update the kernel located in the onboard flash from
> : FreeBSD be an acceptable solution for you ?
> 
> The other option is to load boot2, or its kin, from flash and have
> that load the kernel from CF...
> 

Well the problem is still that we have to teach boot2 to use every CF.

Olivier