On 7 Feb 2001, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> To actually have integration it looks like we are going to have
> to introduce some kind of arch directory. There are just
> so many header files that change when you switch to a 64 bit
> architecture.
not a problem.
> Then all linuxBIOS
> becomes is linuxbiosmain.c and it's supporting functions.
sounds good.
> A second point. Currently we hardcode the location of the kernel
> image and where it should be uncompressed in memory into linuxbios.
> What I would like to do unless someone has an objection is:
> (a) Implement my kexec interface for starting a kernel from linuxBIOS.
ok
> (b) move the responsibility of decompression into the kernel image
> itself. This can still be used by the BSD's if they choose to.
if you think that's the best thing to do.
> (c) Implement a search algorithm in the rom where we look for a
> ELF header to find the kernel. Instead of hardcoding its
> location into ROM.
ok
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