[Cbe-oss-dev] petitboot testing release

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Fri, 27 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.
> 
> 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

Please note that `k.org' is incompatible with kboot, as it contains a dot.
Furthermore kboot cannot handle gzipped files. You can increase the test
audience by also providing a non-gzipped version ;-)

Obviously these things do work if you already have petitboot.

> Not working parts:
> 
>   o other

Weird things happen when your boot list doesn't fit on the screen and it must
scroll. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. It also behaves weird when
switching back from 480p (scrolling needed) to uwxga (scrolling not needed).
The behavior seems to be different whether you just changed to 480p, or boot
immediately into 480p.

Once I saw a strange error message (unfortunately I didn't wrote it down) when
exiting to a shell and trying to launch `pb-cui' again (always failed from then
on), but I couldn't reproduce it after a reboot.

With kind regards,

Geert Uytterhoeven
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