Re: [Balloon] Re: kernels

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Author: Colin Tuckley
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To: Balloon
Subject: Re: [Balloon] Re: kernels
Chris Jones wrote:

> A thought occurs: Samosa-aware software tends to assume that if
> SM_ABSENT is asserted (ie, there's no SmartMedia card in the slot) it's
> safe to do Samosa-type things. I can't quite see why the boot loader has
> anything to do with Samosa, though, since no-one's ever built any Samosa
> peripherals which are useful before the Kernel's booted - Nick?


The latest (3.6) bootldr code has Samosa/Minipug stuff in it, presumably
Nick is using the Framebuffer.

Colin

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