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Date:      Sat, 30 May 1998 09:21:08 -0700
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com>
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: AlphaBIOS documentation 
Message-ID:  <199805301621.JAA06062@antipodes.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 30 May 1998 11:50:41 BST." <Pine.BSF.3.95q.980530114705.15699Z-100000@herring.nlsystems.com> 

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> Does anyone know if there is documentation available for the ARC or
> AlphaBIOS boot sequence?  In particular, what services does the firmware
> provide to the bootstrap program (e.g. linload.exe).  Alternatively, does
> anyone know where I can find the source code to linload.exe?

The Linux ARC bootloader is a cut-down Linux kernel.  Last I talked to 
anyone about it, it used almost none of the ARC services, rather it 
just banged directly on the hardware.

I think the Linux-Mips ARC bootloader is similar.

> Sigh.  I should have read more source code while I was at Microsoft :-).

8)  Would they have let you at something like that anyway?
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