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From: Renju Boben <renjubo...@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 3:54 AM
Subject: Loading OS into software model of SPARC(without BIOS and boot
loader)
To: sparcli...@vger.rutgers.edu
Hi,
I have the software model of a SPARC v8 processor and its Memory
management unit. The model accepts input (instructions) in the form
<address> <data>.
I am trying to load stripped down Linux 3.1.4 into it (without BIOS and
boot loader). I have the kernel in the required format. But i don,t know
from which address to start executing. Also, what should be the condition
of the registers when the OS is about to load.
I have read that in x86 architecture after 640KB there are special jump
instructions (because original 8086 only had 640 KB of memory). Are there
any similar jumps in SPARC. if so how does if affect loading OS. Has this
jumping any dependence on Boot loader
Regards,
Renju Boben
