From: Ralf Baechle <ralf@oss.sgi.com>
To: machael thailer <dony.he@huawei.com>
Cc: linux-mips@oss.sgi.com
Subject: Re: Where is the first entry point for linux-mips boot?
Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2001 07:10:16 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20010804071016.A1275@bacchus.dhis.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <000701c11c8b$77e039e0$8021690a@huawei.com>; from dony.he@huawei.com on Sat, Aug 04, 2001 at 10:16:27AM +0800
On Sat, Aug 04, 2001 at 10:16:27AM +0800, machael thailer wrote:
> There are many many subdirectories in arch/mips, I don't know where is
> the FIRST entry point for embedded linux-mips boot process? I find that
> there is "kernel_entry" in arch/mips/kernel/head.S. I know this is the entry
> point for linux kernel ,but it is not the FIRST entry point for embedded
> linux-mips boot process. So my questions is :
> After the board initializations finish, it should load linux kernel into
> RAM and jump there . Just before it runs the linux kernel, who calls
> "kernel_entry"?
The firmware or bootloader.
Ralf
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-08-04 5:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-08-04 2:16 Where is the first entry point for linux-mips boot? machael thailer
2001-08-04 2:16 ` machael thailer
2001-08-04 5:10 ` Ralf Baechle [this message]
2001-08-17 3:11 ` machael thailer
2001-08-17 3:11 ` machael thailer
2001-08-17 3:26 ` Ralf Baechle
2001-08-17 10:09 ` machael thailer
2001-08-17 10:09 ` machael thailer
2001-08-17 11:37 ` Ralf Baechle
2001-08-06 14:21 ` Marc Karasek
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