Update for relocatable-module version of boot26.
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.\" $NetBSD: boot26.8,v 1.1 2001/07/28 14:40:01 bjh21 Exp $
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.\" $NetBSD: boot26.8,v 1.2 2001/08/04 14:31:10 bjh21 Exp $
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.\"
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.\" Copyright (c) 2000, 2001 Ben Harris
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\"
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.Dd July 28, 2001
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.Dd August 4, 2001
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.Dt boot26 8 arm26
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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and launches the
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.Nx Ns /arm26
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kernel. It needs to be installed in a RISC OS
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filesystem and given file type FF8 (Absolute). The kernel it is to load
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filesystem and given file type FFA (Module). The kernel it is to load
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also needs to be stored in a
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.Tn RISC OS
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filesystem.
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is not specified. The file must be an ELF image, and may have been compressed
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using
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.Xr gzip 1 .
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.Ss Use as a module
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.Nm
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is implemented as a RISC OS relocatable module. It can be loaded into memory
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by running
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.Ql *RMLoad boot26 .
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After this,
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.Nx
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can be booted by running
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.Ql *boot26
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as usual, but the command will be handled by the module.
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.Pp
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It should also be possible to arrange for
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.Nm
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to be loaded from ROM (e.g. from the ROM on an expansion card), in which case
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.Nx
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could be made to boot automatically by making
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.Nm
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the configured language using
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.Ql *Configure Language .
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.Ss Screen display
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.\" From <URL:http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-arm26/2000/05/02/0001.html>
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When it starts up,
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bootloaders should load the kernel into whatever pages are free, then kick
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out RISC OS and shuffle them into the right shape. This is left as an
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exercise for the enthusiatic reader.
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.Sh FILES
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.Bl -tag -width Pa
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.It Pa /usr/mdec/boot26,ffa
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The location of
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.Nm
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in the
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.Nx
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filesystem.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr gzip 1 ,
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.Xr reboot 2 ,
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