Re: ppc boot entry point

[linux-os (Dick Johnson)]

On Mon, 3 Oct 2005, Dave B. Sharp wrote:

> Hey there,
> Can anyone tell me how to find te entry point (i.e.
> address) into the kernel, when control is passed from
> the boot loader?

Look at System.map. phys_startup_32 and startup_32. The
former is the physical (bus) address where it must be
loaded, the latter is the virtual address after it
starts.

> Where are the arguements such as the boot parameters.
> I am compiling for a generic ppc kernel at this point.
>  Cheers
>   Dave Sharp
>

Look at address, boot_params, also shown in System.map. That's
where they end up being relocated.


Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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