patch-1.3.4 linux/arch/sparc/boot/README

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• Date: Sat May 13 03:01:11 1995
• Orig file: v1.3.3/linux/arch/sparc/boot/README
• Orig date: Thu Jan 1 02:00:00 1970

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+This directory will contain the code necessary to compile and link the
+/boot program which is necessary to boot on the Sparc.  This program
+is real ugly and it knows too much.  It must be able to not only boot
+off of the root partition but also be able to netboot.  This means
+that it knows about RPC and NFS (bleech, yuck, eeewwwww!!) so that it
+can remote mount the root directory to fetch the kernel.  Also it must
+be able to ARP for it's IP address and who it's boot server is.  I
+think I'm getting sick.
+
+Regardless for now I will concentrate on the low-level stuff necessary
+to get the thing going.  This means the low-level entry code, etc.
+The prom knows how to get "us" if we have the proper boot blocks,
+actually the boot blocks live in our logical partition on a hard drive
+whereas over NFS this isn't applicable.  We have the boot blocks in
+our data area either way because we can be dual purpose.
+
+More will come....
+
+Hopefully I can write this such that it will work on almost all SUN
+machines in existance.  We'll see ;(
+