From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: mulyadi.santosa@gmail.com (Mulyadi Santosa) Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 00:24:37 +0700 Subject: finding kernel jump address after "decompressing linux" In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: To: kernelnewbies@lists.kernelnewbies.org List-Id: kernelnewbies.lists.kernelnewbies.org On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 20:05, Christopher Harvey wrote: > I'm trying to figure out what physical address the kernel jumps to > after "Uncompressing Linux... done, booting the kernel.". IIRC, there > are two parts to a kernel image, one compressed part and one > uncompressed. The uncompressed code decompresses the compressed part and > puts it into memory then jumps to it. I'm using an ARM kernel, version > 2.6.38. try to check the related ld script...for example, in x86 it's in arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S and arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds. The latter is generated during kernel compilation AFAIK. -- regards, Mulyadi Santosa Freelance Linux trainer and consultant blog: the-hydra.blogspot.com training: mulyaditraining.blogspot.com