From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: tasteaq@gmail.com (AQ Tast) Date: Sat, 05 Mar 2011 11:12:17 +0530 Subject: From which point onwards the kernel execution starts Message-ID: <4D71CD39.2040309@gmail.com> To: kernelnewbies@lists.kernelnewbies.org List-Id: kernelnewbies.lists.kernelnewbies.org Hello Everyone, I am studying bootloaders and wanted to know which function exactly the kernel starts from , i.e. where is the main function? I been through the init/main.c file and I think most likely this is the file. Could someone please explain how the kernel initializes, i.e. I want to know how does kernel starts from main function