Hi Boaz, On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 08:57:15AM +0200, Boaz Ben-David wrote: > On 10/11/11 08:54, Robert Schwebel wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 08:40:52AM +0200, Boaz Ben-David wrote: > > Yes, I didn't mention it, but I tried your suggestion. It works > (meaning there's no flicker) but > > the problem is that the screen is blank for about 8 seconds before I > have control again to init it. > > People here said they prefer flicker over 8 seconds of blank time... > > This is why we have a framebuffer / video driver framework in Barebox. > We do not have a driver for MX35 yet, but that could of course be > changed. > > On the other hand, I'm wondering why it needs 8 s until you see > something on the Linux side. We have an MX35 system here which runs at > 532 MHz, and it needs about 1 s from power-on into Linux userspace, so > we decided to show the splash screen from there. > > rsc > > The kernel size is almost 5MB (it includes an initramfs). > > 8 seconds are from the time I call "bootm uImage" and until the init script in > the initramfs kicks in. > > If I can seriously shorten this time I will be glad to know, maybe there's > something I missed. > > Any input will be appreciated. See http://elinux.org/images/8/89/ELCE-2010-Barebox-Booting-Linux-Fast-and-Fancy.pdf. This presentation (by Robert Schwebel) specifically mentions Barebox on i.MX35. baruch -- ~. .~ Tk Open Systems =}------------------------------------------------ooO--U--Ooo------------{= - baruch@xxxxxxxxxx - tel: +972.2.679.5364, http://www.tkos.co.il - _______________________________________________ barebox mailing list barebox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/barebox
