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By author:Paul Gortmaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
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> > Does there exist an outline (detailed or not) of the boot process from
> > the point of BIOS bootsector load to when the kernel proper begins
>
> IIRC, there is some useful inf
On Mon, Feb 19, 2001 at 03:07:33AM -0700, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> With linux-2.4 able to do a complete PCI bus setup it isn't as bad it used
> to be, but it's still pretty significant.
For an incomplete subset of chipsets. Serverworks doesn't work correctly for
a start (see the threads relati
Paul Gortmaker wrote:
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> Scott Long wrote:
> >
> > I've been poring over the x86 boot code for a while now and I've been
> > considering writing a FAQ on the boot process (mostly for my own use,
>
> [...]
>
> > Does there exist an outline (detailed or not) of the boot process from
> > the poin
Alan Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > I've been poring over the x86 boot code for a while now and I've been
> > considering writing a FAQ on the boot process (mostly for my own use,
> > but maybe others will be interested). This would include all relevant
> > information on setting up the x86
Scott Long wrote:
>
> I've been poring over the x86 boot code for a while now and I've been
> considering writing a FAQ on the boot process (mostly for my own use,
[...]
> Does there exist an outline (detailed or not) of the boot process from
> the point of BIOS bootsector load to when the kern
> I've been poring over the x86 boot code for a while now and I've been
> considering writing a FAQ on the boot process (mostly for my own use,
> but maybe others will be interested). This would include all relevant
> information on setting up the x86 hardware for a boot (timers, PIC, A20,
> prote
On Sun, 18 Feb 2001, Scott Long wrote:
> Does there exist an outline (detailed or not) of the boot process from
> the point of BIOS bootsector load to when the kernel proper begins
> execution? If not would anyone be willing to help me understand
> bootsect.S and setup.S enough so that I might wr
Have you seen Janet_Reno?
ftp://linux01.gwdg.de/pub/cLIeNUX/interim/Janet_Reno.tgz IIRC.
Janet is an x86 bootsector that gets into protected mode and can
use the AT BIOS in pmode interrupts. It's written with a bunch of
m4 macros I call asmacs that I'm currently basing an assembler in
Bash on.
Scott Long wrote:
> Does there exist an outline (detailed or not) of the boot process from
> the point of BIOS bootsector load to when the kernel proper begins
> execution? If not would anyone be willing to help me understand
> bootsect.S and setup.S enough so that I might write such an outline?
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