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| version 1.139, 2020/10/16 17:41:50 | version 1.140, 2020/10/16 17:44:01 |
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| Line 183 https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentatio | Line 183 https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentatio |
| Note that generally, a single dtb is loaded. On NetBSD 9, the dtb | Note that generally, a single dtb is loaded. On NetBSD 9, the dtb |
| file for the system is loaded by the bootloader (in flash). | file for the system is loaded by the bootloader (in flash). |
| The RPI bootloader looks for a magic string in a trailer after the kernel to determine if it should use DTB support (the new normal) or something called ATAG (apparently the old way). See https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/commit/2367d8a42e2717d8d15a39a9085cc2909fae033a#diff-8f088aca645d10d79b594d58db4136f3e09caee077fe373bb08f02f2040900a9 for more information. | The RPI bootloader looks for a magic string in a trailer after the kernel to determine if it should use DTB support (the new normal) or something called ATAG (apparently the old way). See [upstream commit introducing DTB trailer](https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/commit/2367d8a42e2717d8d15a39a9085cc2909fae033a#diff-8f088aca645d10d79b594d58db4136f3e09caee077fe373bb08f02f2040900a9) for more information. |
| ### Kernel format variants | ### Kernel format variants |