Tony Heller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Hi Ron,
> 
> For now flash would be fine.  Unfortunately in my ignorance, I don't even know
> what file is being unzipped.  Is there any documentation you can point me to to
> understand at a high level what the gunzip() function is doing?  This is my
> first experience dealing with a BIOS.

option ELF_BOOT=1

The gunzip code is there for legacy reasons.  What is happening is
that the hardware has been initialized, and it is loading either the
Linux kernel or a bootloader that will later load a kernel.

> At some point we would love to be able to model exactly what is happening on a
> Matsonic 7308 motherboard, but the immediate goal is to simulate approximately
> what is happening until we jump into the Linux startup_32: block.

Why do you need the modeling?  What problem are you trying to solve?
If it is just for a convinient development environment there are
simpler ways you can go.

Eric

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