[Cbe-oss-dev] petitboot testing release

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Fri, 27 Mar 2009, Geoff Levand wrote:
> On 03/23/2009 03:41 AM, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > On Fri, 20 Mar 2009, Geoff Levand wrote:
> >> 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.
> >> 
> >> I uploaded two file formats:
> >> 
> >>  *.elf - 2st stage kernel to load with existing bootloader.
> >>  *.bld - 1st stage kernel to program into flash memory.
> > 
> > I managed to launch petitboot from both images. However, it still doesn't seem
> > to take into account the contents of /etc/kboot.conf on my first partition,
> > which is marked bootable in the partition table.
> 
> I fixed this in today's release (ps3-petitboot-testing-09.03.27).
> 
> The problem was that your kboot.conf file had too much data
> (entries) for petitboot's protocol payload.  I increased the
> payload size from 4 KiB to 8 KiB.  Your file needed about 6 KiB.

Thanks! That part is fixed.

With kind regards,

Geert Uytterhoeven
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