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Date:      Tue, 1 Jun 1999 10:58:24 +0200 (CEST)
From:      Andrzej Bialecki <abial@webgiro.com>
To:        fretre <fretre@163.net>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: question about boot code
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9906011045190.36367-100000@freja.webgiro.com>
In-Reply-To: <000901beabff$acc11de0$25353f0a@k>

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On Tue, 1 Jun 1999, fretre wrote:

> 1.  I try to learn something about boot code with version 3.0. I
>     wander whether I can begin with biosboot?(/usr/src/sys/i386/
>     boot/biosboot)

The 3.0 boot code is located in /usr/src/sys/boot

> 2.  The initialized data will be loaded into memory after kernel
>     text during boot stage. And where is the file that the
>     initialized data is defined in? and
> 3.  What's the file name?

If you mean the 'initialized kernel data', then it's stored in the file
/kernel itself (or whatever file you boot from) in section '.data' of the
ELF file.

Andrzej Bialecki

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