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Anatomy of the Linux Boot Process

Posted by Zonk on from the step-one-turn-on-computer dept.

Donna writes "This article discusses detailed similarities and differences involved in booting Linux on an x86-based platform (typically a PC-compatible SBC) and a custom embedded platform based around PowerPC, ARM, and others. It discusses suggested hardware and software designs and highlights the tradeoffs of each. It also describes important design pitfalls and best practices."

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  1. The good thing about Linux by X43B · · Score: 5, Insightful

    What I like about Linux is never having to reboot except when it is time for a kernal upgrade. :)

    1. Re:The good thing about Linux by Claire-plus-plus · · Score: 4, Insightful

      What I like about Linux is never having to reboot except when it is time for a kernal upgrade. :)

      Or hardware installation :)

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    2. Re:The good thing about Linux by MikeCapone · · Score: 4, Insightful

      That is a good point, but it doesn't mean that the boot process can't be sped up quite a bit.

      It would especially be useful on laptops, or for people who like to save electricity by shutting down their computers when not in use.

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  2. Proof reading? by FyRE666 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    They could have at least made sure the arrows on the diagrams were round the right way!

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  3. Re:Arrows by teknomage1 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Tradition! Seriously though, BIOS code is very old and designed to provide for the least common denominator.

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  4. Stop plagiarizing! by Osty · · Score: 4, Insightful

    From the Slashdot submission:

    This article discusses detailed similarities and differences involved in booting Linux on an x86-based platform (typically a PC-compatible SBC) and a custom embedded platform based around PowerPC, ARM, and others. It discusses suggested hardware and software designs and highlights the tradeoffs of each. It also describes important design pitfalls and best practices.
    And from the actual article:
    This installment of "Migrating from x86 to PowerPC" discusses detailed similarities and differences between booting Linux on an x86-based platform (typically a PC-compatible SBC) and a custom embedded platform based around PowerPC, ARM, and others. It discusses suggested hardware and software designs and highlights the tradeoffs of each. It also describes important design pitfalls and best practices.
    Replacing the string "This installment of "Migrating from x86 to PowerPC"" with "This article" and replacing the word "between" with the phrase "involved in" is not sufficient to serve as summarization in the submitter's own words. Somehow I have a hard time believing that the submitter "Donna" and the article author Lewin Edwards are one and the same person. If I'm wrong, then fine. You can't plagiarize yourself. If I'm correct, then Slashdot's done it again. The article summary isn't an original work by Donna, but a minor modification of the article author's own summary, and should be properly attributed as such.