[U-Boot] Support for Intel i7 2nd GEneration processors

[Flash K]

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



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From: Graeme Russ <graeme.russ at gmail.com>
To: Flash K <bootloader99 at yahoo.com>
Cc: "u-boot at lists.denx.de" <u-boot at 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 at 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