[Cbe-oss-dev] petitboot testing release

[Geoff Levand]

Hi,

I uploaded another testing build of Jeremy Kerr's new multi-ui petitboot.
This release is only for experts.  Casual users should not install.

If unsure, DO NOT install.

Petitboot can now load gzipped elf files via http, so all you
need is this to try out the latest:

  echo 'k.org=http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/geoff/cell/ps3-petitboot/testing/ps3-petitboot-testing.elf.gz' >> /etc/kboot.conf

I'll keep ps3-petitboot-testing.elf.gz pointing to the latest.

Or download from:

  http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/geoff/cell/ps3-petitboot/testing/

File formats are:

 *.elf.gz - 2st stage kernel to load with installed bootloader.
 *.bld - 1st stage kernel to program into PS3 flash memory.

Working parts, need testing:

  o CUI client
  o kboot, yaboot parsers
  o local load (ext4, ext3, ext2, vfat)
  o usb mass storage hotplug
  o network load: TFTP, NFS, HTTP, HTTPS, SFTP
  o telnet login

Not working parts:

  o GUI client
  o removable media notification
  o dhcp boot option parser
  o bluetooth
  o wireless networking
  o other

If you need to recover:

  http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/geoff/cell/ps3-howto/ps3-boot-recovery-howto.txt

Source:
  
  http://git.infradead.org/ps3/openwrt-patches.git

About Petitboot:

	Petitboot is a Linux kexec based bootloader with both
	graphical and command-line user interfaces. The OpenWRT
	Petitboot package has configuration options that can be
	used to specify which Petitboot components to build, and
	can also be used to specify that Petitboot should be run
	automatically at system start-up.

	Petitboot supports loading Linux kernel and initrd images
	from any device that can be mounted by Linux.  It can
	handle gzipped images and can also load images from the
	network using TFTP, NFS, HTTP, HTTPS, and SFTP.  Petitboot
	looks for bootloader config files on mountable devices in
	the system, and also uses the boot configuration sent to
	it from a DHCP server.

-Geoff