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Date:      Thu, 04 May 2006 09:47:11 -0700
From:      Peter Grehan <grehan@freebsd.org>
To:        Aditya Godbole <aag.lists@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: loader startup code
Message-ID:  <445A300F.3000401@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <2f3a439f0605040651x549914efq5f1d95e7b0d2a468@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <2f3a439f0605040651x549914efq5f1d95e7b0d2a468@mail.gmail.com>

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Hi Aditya,

> This is my first mail to the list. There don't seem to be any
> discussions going on here, so I don't know whether this is the right
> place to post the query.

  This is the right place.

> I've been trying to navigate my way through the execution of the
> kernel and in the loader directory (boot/powerpc/loader/start.c), a
> function called 'main' gets called. I couldn't find this function
> though. Any pointers?

  It's in boot/ofw/common/main.c. The makefile in powerpc/loader/ gives 
clues to the files/libs that are used.

later,

Peter.



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