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From: "Grant Likely" <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>
Subject: Re: linux under emulator
Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 11:30:45 -0600
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On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 11:28 AM, Mihaela Grigore
<grigore.mihaela@gmail.com> wrote:
> If I intend to run a 2.6 linux kernel under a powerpc emulator, what
> is needed to make a minimal bootable system? I mean, apart from the
> kernel itself and busybox, do I need a bootloader ? If no actual
> hardware is used and the kernel can reside directly in ram from the
> emulator's point of view (so no relocation is needed), what else is to
> be done before the kernel can start running ?

Look at the firmware linux documentation.  It should tell you
everything you need.

http://www.landley.net/code/firmware/

g.