Re: Bootloder

From: Yannick Chamming's [eMVP] (ychammings_nospam_at_adeset.com)
Date: 02/03/05 

Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 08:40:52 +0100

BSP covers all the platform dependent part of windows CE that is required to
be adapted when willing to run WinCE on a specific hardware platforms. It
covers the bootloader, the OAL (we could consider this as a kind of "CPU
driver") and the drivers.

Bootloader is an OS independent code that performs minimal task to set the
hardware in a state where the OS can be started. It includes minimal
hardware initialization, loading of the kernel and launch of it, potential
firmware update tasks, etc.

A good starting point on this is the online help of platform builder,
especially the tutorials, or potentially a training course.

Y. 

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<santosh.sulakhe@wipro.com> wrote in message
news:1107406821.788818.288060@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
> Hello,
>
> I am very new to the Bootloader. I have following questions on my mind:
>
> 1.)What is BSP ?
> 2.)What is Bootloader ?
> 3.)Are BSP and Bootloder ? Details reqd..
> 4.)What are the documents to be referred to quire the more detail
> knowledge on these ?
>
> -Santosh
>

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