"Jan Kok" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I will also put my 'technoland port howto' on the web page. I'd like to > > see your document too. > > Hi Ron, > > I don't see the technoland howto there. I assume you haven't put it there > yet. But I'd like to see it. > > I've attached a draft of my HOWTO and also the start of a glossary of terms > commonly seen in the LinuxBIOS docs and email. These may give you an idea > of what puzzles the minds of newcomers :-) > > If anyone wants to make comments about these files right now, that's fine, > your comments are welcome.
I'll try and look later, I'm busy getting the last pieces of infrastructure together... > A few burning questions on my mind, as I write these docs, are: > > - I'm looking for some consistent terminology to describe the various > sections of the LinuxBIOS code, and some precise definitions of the terms > (where the boundaries between the sections are). I've seen stage 1, stage > 2, stage 3, bootstrap, payload, IPL and SPL. Any suggestions about what the > preferred terms are, and what the definitions should be? The major sections of a linuxBIOS image are: Assembly. (Basically just gets the ram working) C (Brings up the motherboard) Bootloader loads the kernel from wherever. Finer then that it gets really fuzzy. As there are some very interesting ways to start linuxBIOS. So you have an IPL or palcode or other really weird things in the assembly startup. Plus I now have two seperate copies of linuxBIOS running on a motherboard that I can switch between with by setting a CMOS bit, or hitting the clear CMOS jumper. So I have a fallback Image, and a normal Image. > - What is the relationship of FreeBIOS to LinuxBIOS? Has FreeBIOS > (especially the SourceForge project) been assimilated by LinuxBIOS? Essentially. Someone might get ambitious and write a LinuxBIOS bootloader that does the 16 bit interrupt processing it doesn't look terribly difficult but so far no one has been really interested. A similiar thing might happen with openBIOS and it's forth stuff. Eric
