[hppa-linux] Linker scripts and the boot loader

Alex deVries adevries@redhat.com
Fri, 26 Mar 1999 01:23:46 -0500 (EST)


Okay.  How does the boot loader work with loading the kernel?  I recall
Jason saying something about the boot loader knowing how to load binaries.

What do we need from the kernel to get the boot loader to load some sort
of kernel?

Why do we need a custom linking in the first place?

- Alex

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Alex deVries <puffin@redhat.com>     
Red Hat Contrib Net maintainer          
Ottawa, Canada  
PA RISC Linux Porting Team