Changes between Version 6 and Version 7 of arch_info

Timestamp:

Jul 20, 2016, 2:03:12 PM (8 years ago)

Author:

alain

Comment:

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arch_info

@@ -6 +6 @@
 
 All relevant parameters describing the clustered multi-core architecture must be defined in the binary '''arch_info.bin''' file.
-This binary file is exploited by the ALMOS-MK boot loader to configure ALMOS-MK. It can be generated by a specific  '''arch.py''' python scrip, for each target architecture.
+This binary file is exploited by the ALMOS-MK boot loader to configure ALMOS-MK. It can be generated by a specific  '''arch_info.py''' python scrip, for each target architecture.
 
 == 1)  Cluster and cores identification  ==
@@ -30 +30 @@
 
 For ALMOS-MK, the target hardware architecture is described in the binary file '''arch_info.bin'''.
-This file is loaded from disk by the ALMOS-MK boot-loader. This boot-loader  uses the informations found in '''arch_info.bin''' to build one '''boot_info_t''' structure in each cluster. This generic  '''boot_info_t''' structure is the hardware abstraction used by the ALMOS kernel to build in each cluster its own representation of the hardware.
+This file is loaded from disk by the ALMOS-MK boot-loader. 
 
 === 2.1) General assumptions ===
@@ -63 +63 @@
 
 This section defines the python constructs that can be used to generate  the '''arch_info.bin''' binary file. 
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+== 3) The boot_info_t structure ==
+
+The ALMOS-MK boot-loader  uses the informations found in '''arch_info.bin''' to build one '''boot_info_t''' structure in each cluster. This generic  '''boot_info_t''' structure is used by the ALMOS kernel to build in each cluster its own representation of the hardware.
+Therefore, the '''boot_info_t''' structure defines the generic (hardware independent) interface between the hardware specific boot-loader and the kernel.  
+
+It is defined in the [source:almos-work/kernel/libk/boot_info.h] file.