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21 years ago

About Microtronix Linux's boot procedure..

hello everyone: I have questions about the boot procedure of Microtronix's Nios II linux distribution. 1. Is there a bootloader?If yes,how does it work?Is there any document available ...
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21 years ago

Hi Christian,

Yes you are right, there is some bootstrap code to copy the kernel into ram from flash. I don't know if that is the kind of bootloader trout is thinking about. All it did is copying text and data into ram (as far as I know, root file system is not copied) and jump to the entry point...