Messages in this thread Patch in this message |  | | From | Rusty Trivial Russell <> | Subject | [TRIVIAL] Better docs for boot-up code | Date | Mon, 05 May 2003 14:58:39 +1000 |
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From: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
Hi!
This adds some nice docs for boot-up code. Please apply,
Pavel Index: linux/arch/i386/boot/setup.S ===================================================================
--- trivial-2.5.69/arch/i386/boot/setup.S.orig 2003-05-05 14:46:23.000000000 +1000 +++ trivial-2.5.69/arch/i386/boot/setup.S 2003-05-05 14:46:23.000000000 +1000 @@ -893,6 +893,9 @@ movw %cs, %si subw $DELTA_INITSEG, %si shll $4, %esi # Convert to 32-bit pointer + +# jump to startup_32 in arch/i386/kernel/head.S +# # NOTE: For high loaded big kernels we need a # jmpi 0x100000,__BOOT_CS # --- trivial-2.5.69/arch/i386/kernel/trampoline.S.orig 2003-05-05 14:46:23.000000000 +1000 +++ trivial-2.5.69/arch/i386/kernel/trampoline.S 2003-05-05 14:46:23.000000000 +1000 @@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ * * 4 Jan 1997 Michael Chastain: changed to gnu as. * + * This is only used for booting secondary CPUs in SMP machine + * * Entry: CS:IP point to the start of our code, we are * in real mode with no stack, but the rest of the * trampoline page to make our stack and everything else -- What is this? http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/rusty/trivial/ Don't blame me: the Monkey is driving File: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>: Better docs for boot-up code - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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