Re: [LKDP] booting and init doc

[stephen]

On Mon, Jul 08, 2002 at 11:29:39AM +0530, Abhishek Nayani wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> 
> On Mon, 08 Jul 2002, stephen wrote:
> > Bootstrapping and Initialization of the Linux Kernel
> > 
> > + Preface - arch dependent description of bootstrapping linux kernel and
> >     processor initialization to start_kernel() in stable branch
> > 
> >     o Acknowledgements - #kn and #lkdp of course
> 
> 
>       A very impressive TOC :-). Only thing i found missing was the
> part about uncompressing the kernel (arch/i386/boot/compressed/head.S).
> Also the difference between a bzImage and a zImage, where they are
> loaded and the juggling that takes place needs to be mentioned... I think
> u've made a section for this.. (didn't check).

You're right, this part is missing.  It's another part I need to
give further investigation, but it'll definately go into the TOC.
Thanks for pointing it out.

> 
>       I'll create a cvs module for this and give u access to it as
> soon as u write this toc using LaTeX and finish the first chapter.
> Prolly the first chapter will be covering the loading of the kernel from
> the floppy, initial state of memory/registers..., till the code in
> bootsect.S [ljmp    $SETUPSEG, $0] which transfers control to the code
> in setup.S . Basically all the code in bootsect.S has to be covered in
> this chapter. If u get any doubts, u can clear them in the channel or
> on this list itself. Best of Luck.

Thanks!  Sounds like a good plan to me.

stephen