Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!ginosko!uunet!mcsun!sunic!sics.se!uplog!uplog.uplog.se!thomas From: thomas@uplog.se (Thomas Hameenaho) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: want to know Message-ID: Date: 25 Aug 89 09:10:34 GMT References: <8487@bsu-cs.bsu.edu> <2980@solo9.cs.vu.nl> <182@sunquest.UUCP> <566@augean.OZ> <1507@l.cc.purdue.edu> Sender: thomas@uplog.UUCP Organization: TeleLOGIC Uppsala AB Lines: 17 In-reply-to: cik@l.cc.purdue.edu's message of 17 Aug 89 15:02:09 GMT In article <1507@l.cc.purdue.edu> cik@l.cc.purdue.edu (Herman Rubin) writes: In the previous operating systems I have used, the startup procedure was done by the loader. This is what is missing in UNIX; the loader does not have the capability to produce the startup program, so that must be explicitly put in. This is actually a feature. You can do whatever you like in the startup code. One example I'm familiar with is for cross-compiling and downloading into a standalone system. The startup code initializes the hardware and things. -- Real life: Thomas Hameenaho Email: thomas@uplog.se Snail mail: TeleLOGIC Uppsala AB Phone: +46 18 189406 Box 1218 Fax: +46 18 132039 S - 751 42 Uppsala, Sweden