Re: [PATCH] Fixup for Amigas with memory at 0x200000

[Gunther Nikl <gni%gecko.de@localhost>]

On Thu, Jan 09, 2003 at 09:10:37PM +0100, Ignatios Souvatzis wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 09, 2003 at 01:13:54PM +0100, Gunther Nikl wrote:
> >   Reading this, I get the impression that the only correct way to boot into
> >   NetBSD is to use the bootblocks with its two stage approach. Is this
> >   correct? AFAIK, that concept is also tied to the amiga graphics, which
> >   is a problem if there is no monitor supporting their output. But maybe
> >   I missed an important detail.
> 
> You missed the bootblock starter, which can start a bootblock from running
> AmigaOS.

  I know. However, you didn't answer the question :-/ (or I don't understood
  the anwser) Since you wrote that a you can implement a specific feature
  only because there is two-stage boot process, it sounds that booting
  directly into the kernel won't work after you implemented your change.
  Thus the question is still open: is it legal(supported) to boot directly
  into a kernel bypassing bootblocks and boot.amiga?

> Besides, there is somebody doing a direct AmigaOS booter... check
> news://news.netbsd.org/netbsd.port.amiga, sometime in December.

  Yes, I know. I am doing it (it works but without symbol support for ELF
  and its not ready for prime time yet)

  Gunther

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