On 1/22/06, K S Sandeep <kssandeep@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello all, > I have just started the code walk through of the LINUX code. I > just wanted to confirm that the start_kernel routine is the first routine > that is invoked to bring up the LINUX OS, or is it something else. Well Sandeep in linux-2.4 there is an assmbly code snippet located at arch/<host>/kernel/head.S. Exact function is _stext or _start on some versions. This peice of code is the first which is called from boot loader and as a result of this call "start_kernel()" is called (in case of SMP, first CPU calls start_kernel() always) Also, I > wanted to know whether this routine is what is going to initialize the > network card drivers, or is it done somewhere else, using some other > mechanism. > > I looked into the start_kernel code, and couldn't find the > initialization of the network driver. Am i missing something here. > from static int init(void * unused); do_basic_setup(); is called which is responsible to initialize kernel's PCI and Network features. I suppose, from here on you can follow up. > For your information, i have compiled the sources for 2.6.10 kernel. > I am using 2.6.8.1 Nauman > Thanks in advance, > Sandeep > > -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
