First off, we start by loading the needed modules - mmu_mod, frames_mod and heap_mod.
mmu_mod will allocate and map the first chunk of memory to use. It does so without knowing much about memory allocation - just takes a first fit chunk from the physical memory map, passed to us by the bootloader. Parts of this memory will be used by frames_mod and heap_mod as well, so we need a way to know how much memory they would need.
OMAP3 beagleboard.org # mmcinit
OMAP3 beagleboard.org # fatload mmc 0 0x82000000 kernel.bin
reading kernel.bin
640 bytes read
OMAP3 beagleboard.org # go 0x8200024c
## Starting application at 0x8200024C ...
hello, world!
## Application terminated, rc = 0x0
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I have cleaned up the booting mess more or less and now my loader is able to enter the root domain - the startup component, which initialises all other components in order and passes control on to userspace loader component, which is supposed to finish system initialisation by starting up all user interface services.
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