From owner-freebsd-arm@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 21 17:05:22 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arm@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 090B6106564A; Sat, 21 May 2011 17:05:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from john@thinlinx.com) Received: from omr1.networksolutionsemail.com (omr1.networksolutionsemail.com [205.178.146.51]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF2B98FC16; Sat, 21 May 2011 17:05:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from cm-omr13 (mail.networksolutionsemail.com [205.178.146.50]) by omr1.networksolutionsemail.com (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id p4LGnLCd012435; Sat, 21 May 2011 12:49:21 -0400 X-Authenticated-IP: 120.151.213.137 Received: from [120.151.213.137] ([120.151.213.137:60727] helo=[192.168.25.1]) by cm-omr13 (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 2.2.2.41 r(31179/31189)) with ESMTP id 69/3C-28449-F0DE7DD4; Sat, 21 May 2011 12:49:21 -0400 From: John Nicholls To: freebsd-arm@FreeBSD.org, Mark Murray , Andrew Turner Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sun, 22 May 2011 02:47:48 +1000 Message-Id: <1305996468.21869.9.camel@xeon.thinmesh.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.22.3.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: Beagleboard Kernel Development - Load Kernel in 2 seconds X-BeenThere: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the StrongARM Processor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 21 May 2011 17:05:22 -0000 To help speed up Kernel development I have sent some developers a new version of u-boot that uses the USB device to transfer the Kernel instead of booting it off the SD card The Kernel loads over the USB device port in about 2 seconds. If anybody wants a copy of the u-boot binary and the instructions to use it just email me. We can't use tftp from u-boot as there is no u-boot support on the BeafleboardXM for the combo USB Host / Ethernet chip...