Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Starting kernel threads (or something like that) | Date | Tue, 2 Apr 1996 13:44:07 -0500 (EST) | From | "Andrew E. Mileski" <> |
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> First question: When the kernel loads, what is the _FIRST_ operation it > does after initializing itself? (I'm looking at replacing _EVERYTHING_ > below the kernel and want an idea of where I start)
That would likely be launching 'init' (or a shell if it fails). Look at linux/init/main.c for the code.
This of course is after any kernel threads have been started (like 'kflushd' and 'kswapd').
A _MINIMUM_ Linux system is the kernel and a shell, though it isn't a very useful system.
-- Andrew E. Mileski -- mailto:aem@ott.hookup.net http://www.redhat.com/~aem/
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