There was a time, quite some time ago, when somebody was booting vxworks from linuxbios, i.e. it was the payload.
ron On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 6:55 AM, Stojsavljevic, Zoran <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Peter, > > I'll try to find answers to these questions. I might even myself build one of > these images to try such a creation on IVB EL2. > > Please, stay tuned. > > Best Regards, > Zoran > > -----Original Message----- > From: coreboot [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Peter Stuge > Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2014 3:31 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [coreboot] booting vxworks from linux BIOS > > Stojsavljevic, Zoran wrote: >> There is possibility (my best guess) to use VxWorks as coreboot’s >> payload, instead seabios > .. >> I can also investigate about booting VxWorks, if required > > It would be helpful to know how tightly the VxWorks kernel is tied to legacy > runtime services from x86 BIOS and/or UEFI. > > If the VxWorks kernel is an ELF binary or similar simple binary format > without very strong ties to legacy runtime services then it would most likely > be straightforward to use a VxWorks kernel as payload with coreboot. > > > //Peter > > -- > coreboot mailing list: [email protected] > http://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot > Intel GmbH > Dornacher Strasse 1 > 85622 Feldkirchen/Muenchen, Deutschland > Sitz der Gesellschaft: Feldkirchen bei Muenchen > Geschaeftsfuehrer: Christian Lamprechter, Hannes Schwaderer, Douglas Lusk > Registergericht: Muenchen HRB 47456 > Ust.-IdNr./VAT Registration No.: DE129385895 > Citibank Frankfurt a.M. (BLZ 502 109 00) 600119052 > -- > coreboot mailing list: [email protected] > http://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot -- coreboot mailing list: [email protected] http://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
