RPM-based Kernels for Fedora ARM
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RPM-based Kernels for Fedora ARM
Project Description
This project is related to making a RPM for kernels in Fedora ARM. Because of different architecture and hardware compared to PCs, the way that ARM loads kernels and other boot processes is different than PCs. We are going to make a RPM that loads kernels, modules, init, and other boot process in ARM system in standard way like PCs and try to bind these packages together.
Project Leader(s)
Chris Tyler, Fedora ARM List
Project Contributor(s)
Project Details
In PCs, when you turn on the machine, the system reads BIOS to locate the MBR which is the first 512 byte of hard disk. Then, the MBR says the location of GRUB and the GRUB program starts to load kernel. Finally, the kernel loads modules and init scripts to boot system up. IN ARM system, because we do not have any BIOS or Hard disk, the process is different and it dose not have any GRUB. Instead, it has a Ramdisk or an image from file system that kernel loads that and boots from that. So, in case that we have several kernels in ARM, it should figure out to select the kernel that it wants to load because it does not have any GRUB like PCs.
Project Plan
Tracking mechanism (bugzilla, trac, github, ...):
Key contacts:
Goals for each release and plans for reaching those goals:
- 0.1
- 0.2
- 0.3
