Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2007 04:46:24 +0100 From: "Attilio Rao" <attilio@freebsd.org> To: "Aryeh Friedman" <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: a strange/stupid question Message-ID: <3bbf2fe10711231946i61e63419n2c3aaffdfc40b8cb@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <bef9a7920711231941h41f04cbbi53d24b791170a6bd@mail.gmail.com> References: <bef9a7920711231933g4b7e7717sf4667773188f28a@mail.gmail.com> <3bbf2fe10711231937y1e9af357hd8b6a63cbf6ae077@mail.gmail.com> <bef9a7920711231941h41f04cbbi53d24b791170a6bd@mail.gmail.com>
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2007/11/24, Aryeh Friedman <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com>: > On 11/24/07, Attilio Rao <attilio@freebsd.org> wrote: > > 2007/11/24, Aryeh Friedman <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com>: > > > Where do I find the main() [and/or other entery point] for the > > > kernel.... I tend to understand stuff better if I follow the flow of > > > exec from the start > > > > It is highly MD. > > For IA32 it is in i386/i386/locore.s::btext > > For AMD64 I assume something close to that... > > I just relized that I actually want to understand everything from POST > on (actually from power on but I know that is very mobo dependant) so > I guess the question is where do I find the first executed statement > for BTX (I know how to disamble the MBR so that part is not an issue) It should be: boot/i386/boot0/boot0.S::start Attilio -- Peace can only be achieved by understanding - A. Einstein
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