Embedded Linux: Kernel Make (compressed with boot)

kernel

in $(TOPDIR)

% make -- $(TOPDIR) linux ( vmlinux) . % file linux ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Advanced RISC Machines ARM, version 1, statically linked, not stripped

kernel

: File sequence

head-armv.S or head-arm-dsc21.S main.c

arch/armnommu/kernel init/

. . . .
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arch/arm/kernel/head-armv.S

Set

bl __lookup_processor_type

r0 = 0, r1= unique architecture number, MMU = off, I-cache = on/off, D-cache = off mode to supervisor, all IRQs to disable

bl __lookup_architecture_type goto __mmap_switched

goto __arm720_setup (in file proc-arm720.S) goto SYMBOL_NAME(start_kernel)

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Linux architecture-independent initialization

Refer

http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Linux-Init-HOWTO-5.html setup_arch()

main.c/start_kernel()

trap_init(), init_IRQ() /* initialize IRQ handler */ sched_init() softirq_init() time_init(); /* initialize timer */ console_init() init_modules() kmem_cache_init(), mem_init(), mount initrd (maybe) cpu_idle();
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setup_processor() setup_architecture(machine_arch_type) init_bootmem_node(), free_bootmem(), paging_init(),

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kernel

(not completed)
* (.text.init)
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_stext, __init_begin __proc_info_begin __proc_info_end, __arch_info_begin __arch_info_end __setup_start __setup_end, __initcall_start _text

* (.proc .info) * (.arc h.info) * (.data.init) * (.setup.init) * (.initc all.init) * (.text) ...

.init

x 4096

.text

* (__ex_table) * (__ksymtab) * (__kallsyms) * (.got)

__start___ex_table __stop___ex_table, __start___ksymtab __stop___ksymtab, __start___kallsyms __stop___kallsyms, _etext

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boot/compressed/vmlinux

boot/zImage

$(TOPDIR)/arch/ armnommu/boot/ compressed/vmlinux

, in ...boot/c ompressed/ head-armv.S or head-arm-dsc21.S main.c

$(TOPDIR)/arch/ armnommu/boot/ zImage

head.o misc.o kernel (piggy.o)

y objcop

zImage

. . .

y objcop gzip, ld

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$(TOPDIR)/arch/armnommu/boot/compressed/vmlinux
*(.start) *(.text) *(.fixup) *(.gnu.warning) *(.rodata) *(.rodata.*) *(.glue_7) *(.glue_7t) piggy.o data bss stack *(.data) *(.bss) *(.stack) LOAD_ADDR, _load_addr, TEXT_START, _text, _start

text

input_data input_data_end, _etext _edata, BSS_START, __bss_start _end user_stack, sp (initially)

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Flash Image

...boot/bootp/bootp (Flash )

init.o zImage
ld

kernel.o initrd.o

flash kernel.o initrd.o RAM , kernel.o in .../boot/bootp/

ld

initrd
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Overall Flash Image

, in .. .boot/ c ompressed/ head-armv.S or head-arm-dsc21.S main.c

init.o head.o misc.o kernel ( piggy.o) initrd.o

flash kernel.o initrd.o RAM , kernel.o in .../ boot/bootp/

kernel.o

. . .

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Booting Scenario (1)

Flash init.o head.o misc.o kernel ( piggy.o) initrd.o
flash kernel.o initrd.o RAM , kernel.o in .../boot/bootp/

RAM

, in ...boot /c ompressed/

kernel.o

head-armv.S or head-arm-dsc21.S main.c

(1)

. . .
(1) power-on boot block pc flash init.o . (pc r0=0, r1="unique architecture #, MMU off, D-cache off . head-armv.S .)

boot block

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Booting Scenario (2)

Flash init.o head.o misc.o
kernel.o

(2 )

, in ... boot/ c ompressed/

RAM head.o misc.o kernel ( piggy.o) initrd.o

head-armv.S or head-arm-dsc21.S main.c

kernel ( piggy.o) initrd.o

(2) Flash

. . . init.o , kernel.o RAM kernel.o .

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initrd.o ,

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Booting Scenario (3)

Flash init.o head.o misc.o
kernel.o

, in . ..boot/c ompressed/

head-armv.S or head-arm-dsc21.S main.c

RAM head.o misc.o kernel ( piggy.o) initrd.o

kernel ( piggy.o) initrd.o

(3) head.o . ,

. . .

(3)

boot block
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