Subject: Re: Using Etherboot ELF/FreeBSD loader to netboot ELF/NetBSD
To: Ben Harris <bjh21@netbsd.org>
From: Jason R Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>
List: tech-kern
Date: 02/28/2003 11:15:49
On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 06:48:24PM +0000, Ben Harris wrote:
> Thus, we could have something like this (formatted as for
> <http://www.netbsd.org/Documentation/kernel/elf-notes.html>):
>
> Name Size: 7
> Desc Size: variable
> Type: 4-byte integer containing the value <<<TBA>>>
> Name: "NetBSD\0" (padded to 8 bytes)
> Desc: 4-byte integer containing __NetBSD_Version__,
> followed by
> NUL-terminated string naming the
> MACHINE on which the kernel should run
> (padded to the next 4-byte boundary)
>
Bill Studenmund is working on this... 3 notes:
* One to indicate the __NetBSD_Version__
* One to indicate ${MACHINE}
* One to indicate ${MACHINE_ARCH}
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-- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>