Linux can probably do all these things itself, apart from initialising
the motherboard chipset. And for some friendly chipsets, it may be
possible to do this too.
So why not make up an embedded Linux kernel and load _that_ into the
FLASH-ROM?
There would still need to be some way to update the ROM from floppy or
similar in an emergency (e.g. if you downloaded a duff kernel). And it
would be essential to be able to load and jump to a new kernel from disk
if desired. But that's actually quite easy.
-- Jamie
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