[ECOS] RE: [iPAQ] Restore CE (or bootldr) from Redboot?

[Jonathan Larmour]

David Woodhouse wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 5 Feb 2002, Hicks, Jamey wrote:
> 
> > I agree with this as well, but many of the people who try out Linux on
> > the iPAQ do not spend the extra money on a sleeve and cards.  If they
> > did, they might be less inclined to reinstall WinCE.  It's a good
> > argument for putting USB support into redboot and/or bootldr.
> 
> eCos has USB support on this platform. _Theoretically_ it should have a
> good chance of working in RedBoot. I don't think anyone's ever tried it
> though.

It definitely needs work to get running. The existing code relies on
interrupts, whereas RedBoot deliberately runs with interrupts disabled.

Jifl
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