kernel source question

minumid · 08-18-2011, 03:57 AM

i want to know what file.c first starts to execut... in other words, where is the Main () function located? what file.c?

archieval · 08-18-2011, 04:04 AM

I think it is init/main.c

minumid · 08-19-2011, 10:58 PM

i cant find main() function there (init/main.c)
if the first function that execut isn't something like main() so what function do this, in init/main.c file?

reg13 · 08-24-2011, 10:24 PM

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Originally Posted by minumid

i cant find main() function there (init/main.c)
if the first function that execut isn't something like main() so what function do this, in init/main.c file?

as far as i know;
kernel execution starts at init/main.c start_kernel() function, line 537 in mine.
kernel execution is not line executing the main() function of another normal executable program. its being loaded to a particular memory location and CPU jumps there and starts execution.

minumid · 08-25-2011, 04:45 AM

i know bootloader load kernel into memory. and can i ask where is bootloader's source file located? if any...