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Re: Significance of "HAL_PLATFORM_MACHINE_TYPE"
- From: Mark Salter <msalter at redhat dot com>
- To: vinayagam at icantek dot com
- Cc: ecos-discuss at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2004 07:56:09 -0500 (EST)
- Subject: Re: [ECOS] Significance of "HAL_PLATFORM_MACHINE_TYPE"
- References: <114780-22004126162756479@M2W055.mail2web.com> <002101c3eabc$2367c3e0$015110ac@Vina>
>>>>> Vinayagam writes:
> Hi All,
> Good Morning.
> I am working on SA-1110 based customized target.
> I have small doubt in "HAL_PLATFORM_MACHINE_TYPE".
> What is the significance of "HAL_PLATFORM_MACHINE_TYPE"?
> How do decide the value of "HAL_PLATFORM_MACHINE_TYPE"?
> Is there any relation between RedBoot and "HAL_PLATFORM_MACHINE_TYPE"?
> Thanks in Advance.
> Regards,
> Vinayagam.M
HAL_PLATFORM_MACHINE_TYPE is used by the RedBoot 'exec' command
when booting a linux kernel. It is a unique number identifying the
platform that linux is running on. The current list of registered
machines is at:
http://www.arm.uk.linux.org/developer/machines/
--Mark
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