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Re: 1.6 and /dev/reload



Hi,

On Tue, Jan 28, 2003 at 10:52:07AM +0900, HAMAJIMA Katsuomi wrote:
> Cannot kloader port to amiga (and other m68k)? kloader is
>    cpu_reboot() -> load new kernel(/netbsd) if possible -> jump new kernel
> I do not know why it is put in MD.

usually, because you need some tricks to shuffle the kernel code around.
Also, for some architectures, you _must_ go through the firmware, because
you need its services in the running kernel anyway, and you can use it for
booting NetBSD just fine.

Regards
        -is
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