Re: boot methods

In message [ref] you wrote:

Vendor                Extension               How
IBM Spruce            .spruce                 ???
Force PowerCore       .pcore                  PowerBoot (Force firmware)
Force PowerPMC 250    .pcore                  PowerBoot
M.E.N. F1             .menf1                  ??? (Probably custom fw).
Motorola LoPEC        .pplus/.bugboot[1]      PPCBUG
Motorola MCPN765      same                    same
Motorola MVME5100     same                    same
Motorola PrPMC750     same                    same
Motorola PrPMC750     same                    same
Motorola Sandpoint    .sandpoint              DINK32

also: Sandpoint         .PPCBoot		PPCBoot

SBS Adirondack        - Uses runlnx, no in-kernel booting bits
SBS K2                .k2                     pmon
Zynx 4500             .zx4500                 ??

add:

  "CU824" Board (8240)
  Microsys Electronics	.PPCBoot		PPCBoot

  MOUSSE Board (8240)	.PPCBoot		PPCBoot

  EVB64260 (74xx)	.PPCBoot		PPCBoot

Why is the how important?  With the exception of firmware-deficiencies,
the current wrapper doesn't really care what it came from.  And they

...or there is no wrapper at all.

Wolfgang Denk

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