Yes, that's what we're currently using, but the problem is a little
broader: I should answer to CAN messages in at most 100-200ms from
powerup, and that can be done in u-boot.
However, handing CAN transmission control over to Linux is quite
complicated nowadays, since it would involve passing structures in
memory and hacking through device init.
It'd be nice to have a framework with which u-boot could hand-over
devices to Linux in a clean and defined way.
We were thinking about starting some kind of development in that
direction, but with very little resources, so I was looking for someone
who had looked at the same problem.
Thanks,
Matteo
Roberto Guerra ha scritto:
Did you try "setenv bootdelay 0" in uboot?
On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 7:07 AM, Fortini Matteo <matteo.fort...@mta.it> wrote:
Hi all,
we've been working on a PPC512x board booting with u-boot + linux 2.6.24.6,
and one major issue for our application is boot time.
Right now, we went down to less than 6s boot time (i.e. time from power off
to launch of the user app), even with some drivers installed, i.e.:
* CAN bus
* GPU on PCI bus
* USB host
* UBI
with r/o squashfs root and r/w ubifs configuration filesystem mounted from a
NOR flash memory.
This time could be enough for the high-level application (we're showing a
splash screen in about 2-3s so it's ok if the main app takes a little longer
to come up), but the whole system is connected to others via CAN and we
can't afford the "black out" period between u-boot and linux.
Some other operating systems (e.g. QNX) have this "seamless booting"
function, in which drivers are started in stages, so that a (minimal)
functionality can be given in milliseconds, and more functionalities come up
as time goes by.
Is there a way to support something similar with the u-boot -> linux
solution?
Thank you,
Matteo
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