From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jonathan Larmour To: Fabrice Gautier Cc: "Ecos-List (E-mail)" Subject: Re: [ECOS] Where is my stack ?! (for my i386) Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 21:06:00 -0000 Message-id: <39EFC4B4.BE5D9EC9@redhat.com> References: <5AF611D83988D4118ACF00E0B10400540557D9@mr-intranet.sdesigns.net> X-SW-Source: 2000-10/msg00230.html Fabrice Gautier wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jonathan Larmour [ mailto:jlarmour@redhat.com ] > > Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2000 7:20 PM > > To: Fabrice Gautier > > Cc: Ecos-List (E-mail) > > Subject: Re: [ECOS] Where is my stack ?! (for my i386) > > > > Fabrice Gautier wrote: > > > > > > > It's the startup stack. It's meant to exist very transiently > > and then get zapped. It's size should be configurable, but it's no big > > deal if it is discarded later. On some archs the interrupt stack is used > as > > the startup stack. > > Well, it doesn't seem so transient to me. In fact, at least for the x86, as > long as there is no threads, there is only one stack, this one. > So Redboot uses this stack, the standalone stub too. True in those cases - I didn't realise you were specifically talking about those. Patches welcome ;-). Jifl -- Red Hat, 35 Cambridge Place, Cambridge, UK. CB2 1NS Tel: +44 (1223) 728762 "Plan to be spontaneous tomorrow." || These opinions are all my own fault