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Re: Redboot Question
- From: Gary Thomas <gary at chez-thomas dot org>
- To: "anton.poon" <anton dot poon at sw-linux dot com>
- Cc: eCos Discussion <ecos-discuss at sources dot redhat dot com>
- Date: 09 Jul 2002 06:57:45 -0600
- Subject: Re: [ECOS] Redboot Question
- References: <00d601c22715$573fa320$5406a8c0@swlinux>
On Tue, 2002-07-09 at 00:53, anton.poon wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a question regarding boot loader. For the boot-loader to pass
> parameters to the kernel, they need to agree on a memory location for
> infomation to go. Prior to kernel 2.4, a structure was used, for 2.4
> kernels onwards, a tagged-parameter mechanism is used, can a boot loader,
> lets say redboot, boot all kernels prior and after 2.4, or is it dedicated
> to certain versions of kernels? Where can I find information about format
> and structure of the parameters passed to kernel?
We've done this for ARM (and other) architectures. Take a look
at the file: hal/arm/arch/current/src/redboot_linux_exec.c
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