From: David Edelsohn <dje@watson.ibm.com>
To: "Florent" <flobo@iname.com>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <bh40@calva.net>, linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org
Subject: Re: Re : Newworld OF boot
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 10:47:17 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <9911111547.AA37258@marc.watson.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Message from "Florent" <flobo@iname.com> of "Thu, 11 Nov 1999 05:48:24 +0100." <382a4a48382aafdc@villosa.wanadoo.fr>.(added.by.villosa.wanadoo.fr)
What is the requirement for the OF booter reading the kernel from
a filesystem? AIX piggybacks the kernel on the OF booter itself. The
entire file is loaded by OF and then the booter decompresses and/or copies
the kernel to the location from which it takes control and relocates
itself to its final destination. This may not be perfect, but it avoids
the problems of teaching the OF booter how to read partions and
filesystems.
David
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~1999-11-11 15:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-11-11 4:48 Re : Newworld OF boot Florent
1999-11-11 15:47 ` David Edelsohn [this message]
1999-11-11 16:01 ` Ethan Benson
1999-11-11 16:06 ` David Edelsohn
1999-11-11 16:13 ` Ethan Benson
1999-11-12 13:03 ` Gabriel Paubert
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1999-11-04 23:48 Florent
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