From owner-freebsd-arm@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 1 09:36:43 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F971106566C for ; Wed, 1 Apr 2009 09:36:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mlfbsd@dong.ci0.org) Received: from dong.ci0.org (dong.ci0.org [IPv6:2001:7a8:2066:1::1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD7A68FC15 for ; Wed, 1 Apr 2009 09:36:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mlfbsd@dong.ci0.org) Received: from dong.ci0.org (localhost.ci0.org [127.0.0.1]) by dong.ci0.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n319cH88023693; Wed, 1 Apr 2009 11:38:17 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from mlfbsd@dong.ci0.org) Received: (from mlfbsd@localhost) by dong.ci0.org (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n319cGPr023692; Wed, 1 Apr 2009 11:38:16 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from mlfbsd) Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 11:38:16 +0200 From: Olivier Houchard To: Mark Tinguely Message-ID: <20090401093815.GA23622@ci0.org> References: <20090331230945.GA8584@ci0.org> <200903312350.n2VNoAwK060973@casselton.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200903312350.n2VNoAwK060973@casselton.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Cc: gballet@gmail.com, freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: locore.S question X-BeenThere: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the StrongARM Processor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 01 Apr 2009 09:36:43 -0000 On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 06:50:10PM -0500, Mark Tinguely wrote: > I was wondering why the kernel is loaded 16MB into the physical memory? > Don't know in this case, but it often happens the bootloader is loaded at the beginning of the ram, and so won't let you load the kernel there. Olivier