Subject: Re: hpcboot for Linux
To: None <port-hpcsh@netbsd.org>
From: Valeriy E. Ushakov <uwe@ptc.spbu.ru>
List: port-hpcsh
Date: 03/23/2006 18:30:55
On Thu, Mar 23, 2006 at 13:32:16 +0000, james stanley wrote:
> I know you have written a bootloader that can load NetBSD that works
> on my 620lx. How would I go about getting it to boot Linux?
> E.g. Is it just a config file, do I need to convert vmlinux, do I
> need to edit the source, etc.
I don't know how linux kernel is linked for hpcsh. NetBSD uses mmu
bypass (P1) region - so the kernel is linked at 0x8c001000.
If linux uses P1 too, chances are it should "just work".
SY, Uwe
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