 |
|
|
Home :: International :: Manuals :: Howto :: FAQ :: Man Pages :: Email Login |
Linux 2.4.x Initialization for IA-32 HOWTO
Randy Dunlap, rddunlap@ieee.org
v1.0, 2001-05-17
This document contains a description of the Linux 2.4 kernel initialization sequence on IA-32 processors.
1. Introduction
2. Linux init ("ASCII art")
3. Linux early setup
4. Linux architecture-specific initialization
- 4.1 startup_32:
- 4.2 Set segment registers to known values
- 4.3 SMP BSP (Bootstrap Processor) check
- 4.4 Initialize page tables
- 4.5 Enable paging
- 4.6 Clear BSS
- 4.7 32-bit setup
- 4.8 Copy boot parameters and command line out of the way
- 4.9 checkCPUtype
- 4.10 Count this processor
- 4.11 Load descriptor table pointer registers
- 4.12 Start other processors
5. Linux architecture-independent initialization
6. Glossary
7. References
Next Previous Contents
|
|
|
Home :: Copyright :: Privacy :: Credits :: Get a free Linuxinfor Email Account Document on this page is part of "Linux 2.4.x Initialization for IA-32 HOWTO". See Index Page for more info about Authorship and Copyright. Counter: 1999-2008 Linuxinfor.com. No rights reserved. |