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Re: RedBoot for Intel IXP425 platform


>>>>> Grant Edwards writes:

> On Thu, May 29, 2003 at 06:43:50AM -0600, Gary D. Thomas wrote:
>> The currently released version of RedBoot does not support the
>> NPE ethernet devices (the non-PCI ones).  Look for Intel to
>> release this in the future - I don't know the schedule.
>> 
>> Of course, contacting Intel with your request might speed this
>> up :-)

> Last time I checked, the in-memory size of the NPE Ethernet
> driver was unbelievably, mind-bogglingly HUGE.  Larger than the
> Linux Kernel.  You'd end up with a 2MB boot-loader.  Hopefully,
> Intel will figure out how to trim the driver down to under 1MB.

For RedBoot anyway, it can be trimmed down so that RedBoot fits
into 256K flash, 128K mem. But just barely.

--Mark

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