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    SubjectRe: [question] x86/x86_64 boot process
    On 06/12/2012 02:14 PM, Brandon Falk wrote:
    > All I really see related to the post-setup stage is:
    >
    > 'The 32-bit (non-real-mode) kernel starts at offset (setup_sects+1)*512
    > in the kernel file (again, if setup_sects == 0 the real value is 4.)
    > It should be loaded at address 0x10000 for Image/zImage kernels and
    > 0x100000 for bzImage kernels.'
    >
    > I've read this document a few times, and it doesn't seem to mention if
    > the kernel assists in loading. Do I have to load up the whole
    > protected-mode kernel? Just the first few sectors? I guess that's what
    > I'm trying to figure out, and I feel the boot.txt has not answered
    > that for me.
    >

    The kernel doesn't load anything, that is the boot loader's job.

    -hpa



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