Better docs for boot-up code
From: Pavel Machek <[email protected]>
Hi!
This adds some nice docs for boot-up code. Please apply,
Pavel
Index: linux/arch/i386/boot/setup.S
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arch/i386/boot/setup.S renamed from arch/i386/boot/setup.S.orig +3 -0
@@ -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 #
arch/i386/kernel/trampoline.S renamed from arch/i386/kernel/trampoline.S.orig +2 -0
@@ -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
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What is this? http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/rusty/trivial/ Don't blame me: the Monkey is driving File: Pavel Machek <[email protected]>: Better docs for boot-up code