Re: Kernel start code

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On Wed, 06 Oct 2010, Sri Ram Vemulpali wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
>   Can anyone, please help me on pointing to kernel boot code after
> grubs loads the kernel and transfers control to it.
>   I want in which files this resides, location. Any explanation on the
> code or any link would be helpful to me.
>   I know this is kind of lousy question, but entry.S is where I looked
> at. It is overwhelming for me where to start in that file.

Hi,

I'guess you are interested in x86 architecture. The boot code of x86 is
the most complex one. Look at Documentation/x86/boot.txt. You can see
what the kernel does during early boot by running it under qemu and
attaching a debuger.

-Michal
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