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Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 10:05:00 -0700
From: David Greenman <dg@root.com>
To: Joe McGuckin <joe@monk.via.net>
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Subject: Re: Where does kernel execution begin ?
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>When control is paqsswd from the bootloader to FreeBSD,
>what is the entry point to the kernel ?

   locore.s, specifically at btext:.

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