Five Ways to Load and Start the Linux Kernel

The target system boots and software build can affect this Linux kernel binary loading was added to Intel Simics Quick-Start Platform

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Installation of kernel variant images into disk images before virtual platform boot was previously inconvenient

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The new Quick-Start Platform setup is convenient without changing the virtual platform or BIOS/UEFI

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The command line can configure the kernel at startup and modify kernel defaults Commands specify the kernel’s root file system hardware device

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On real hardware, a bootloader initializes hardware and starts the kernel with command-line parameters

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They execute instruction set architecture-specific code without buying exotic hardware or modeling a real hardware platform

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Linux can run on the Intel Simics Simulator RISC-V simple virtual platform with multiple processor cores

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Binary files from Buildroot boot RISC-V Bootloader, Linux kernel, root file system image, and binary device tree blob required

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The main operating system image can boot programmable subsystems and firmware For more details visit govindhetch.com

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