From: Robert Reif <reif@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 05 Jun 2009 08:12:13 -0400 > David Miller wrote: >> You'll have to learn how to load kernel TLB entries for about 4 or 5 >> different major TLB/cache types on sun4c, sun4m, and sun4d systems. > > Couldn't you do this using OBP in a HW independent way? Not really. Only sparc64's OBP adds facilities to load locked TLB entries via the firmware. >> This is what you need to do to relocate the kernel into a new location >> then jump to it. > > On sparc32, is the kernel always loaded in the lower 3 MB > of physical memory regardless of the amount of physical > memory and just left there? I don't know, you'd have to see what SILO does. As for direct loads such as tftpboot via the firmware, it loads the A.OUT kernel image at 0x4000 and simply jumps there. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe sparclinux" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
