From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Andrew Wozniak <awozniak@mc.com>
Date: Wed, 04 Jan 2006 17:21:05 -0500
Subject: [U-Boot-Users] OS dependencies on the bootloader
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Hello everyone,

A general bootloader question: How much hardware initialization should a 
bootloader perform for the target OS?

I see a minimal memory controller setup to allow subsequent loading of 
an OS image. ECC might also be setup but all remaining resources would 
typically be setup by the OS.

Although I haven't tried booting Linux (we boot the vxworks bootrom), 
does an embedded Linux make any assumptions about what the bootloader 
initializes?

Thank you and best regards, Andy