Thanks Graeme,
Okay, so that means that U boot is a combination of Primary and Secondary bootloaders, ie loading the MBR and then loading the Kernel image.
So is U Boot along the lines of Syslinux, Lilo, GRUB etc. I mean does it work in conjunction with a BIOS? I thought that U Boot was a combination of BIOS + Bootloaders. But thanks for clearing the doubt.
Will check out Coreboot.
Regards, Flash
________________________________ From: Graeme Russ graeme.russ@gmail.com To: Flash K bootloader99@yahoo.com Cc: "u-boot@lists.denx.de" u-boot@lists.denx.de Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2011 10:54:30 PM Subject: Re: [U-Boot] Support for Intel i7 2nd GEneration processors
Hi Flash,
On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 3:38 PM, Flash K bootloader99@yahoo.com wrote:
Hi,
I would like to know if U boot supports the Intel 2nd generation core i7 processors.
No it doesn't (at least not yet)
Be aware that U-Boot is a boot-loader for embedded devices (phones, routers, set-top boxes, TV's etc) and not a general purpose BIOS for a PC. You might want to have a look at coreboot (www.coreboot.org) if you are looking for a FOSS implementation of a PC BIOS - They may have i7 support.
Regards,
Graeme