Re: boot

From: randy_dunlap
Date: Tue Jun 07 2005 - 21:43:45 EST


On Wed, 8 Jun 2005 10:02:47 +0800 Blah Blah wrote:

| Hi
| I confused the bootsect.S which's in the betwenn 2.4.* kernel and 2.6.*.
| I mean in 2.4.* , it like "jmp $INITSEG, $go",
| but In 2.6.* like 2.6.11,I can not find where use "INITSEG" in
| the bootsect.S file.
| And i'm greate intersted in the basic things in linux. the boot
| must the first thing.
| So i want i can get a good document which descripe the bootsect.S
| file.and some tips will fine too.

bootsect.S isn't used any longer. see the final changeset comments
for it here:
http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.5/related/arch/i386/boot/bootsect.S?nav=index.html|src/|src/arch|src/arch/i386|src/arch/i386/boot

| another is where's the latest document for 2.6.* kernel? the faq's only 2.4.*
| If you know about it,please tell me.

LDD3 (Linux Device Drivers, 3rd edition) and the in-kernel 'kerneldoc'
comments are the closest to that and the best chance of staying
updated and current.

LDD3 is available at
http://lwn.net/Kernel/LDD3/
or in tree/paper form at (some) bookstores.

| My kernel is 2.6.11.


---
~Randy
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/