Hi Graeme... On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 10:16, Graeme Russ <graeme.russ@gmail.com> wrote:
What if U-Boot created a cpio archive on the fly and passed this to the Linux kernel as a persistent ramfs? The ramfs would be sperate fromt he initramfs (not used in the boot process - simply used to efficiently pass data from the boot loader to user-space). This could allow the passing of arbitrary data from the boot loader, through the kernel and into user space.
Does this sound like a harebrained idea?
I have no experience in boot loader thingies and such, but I think your idea sounds simple but efficient enough to transport the data gathered during boot stage into user space. And it's quite platform independent too.... -- regards, Mulyadi Santosa Freelance Linux trainer and consultant blog: the-hydra.blogspot.com training: mulyaditraining.blogspot.com