On Thu, Jun 10, 2004 at 10:17:52PM +0000, S C wrote: > Hello all, > > Please pardon the newbie question, but I was wondering what a kernel in > general expects a monitor program/bootloader like YAMON to do for it > beforehand, if anything at all. I know the answer is very board specific, > but if there are any generic things that a kernel expects ready for it > before it starts running (caches initialized already? SDRAM control regs set > up? Or maybe the kernel has no expectations at all?), I'd be grateful if > someone could point them out. This is almost an FAQ. (although I don't know if I am giving the same answer each time ;0) . initialize system RAM and its controller . copy kernel to RAM (in normal cases, unless you do XIP) . initialize and enable cache . (optionally) pass some args to kernel . (optionally) initial some board hw. This is really a negotiation between loader and linux board setup routine. Jun
