linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] decompressors: fix typo "POWERPC"

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Date:	Wed, 13 Mar 2013 16:43:02 +0200
From:	Lasse Collin <lasse.collin@...aani.org>
To:	Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl>
Cc:	Florian Fainelli <florian@...nwrt.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] decompressors: fix typo "POWERPC"

On 2013-03-13 Paul Bolle wrote:
> Naive question: what is a preboot environment?

I'm not sure how official the term is. I have seen it mostly in
decompressors' files. It's the environment after a boot loader has
loaded the kernel but before the kernel has decompressed itself. On x86
the preboot environment has done its job once "Booting the kernel." has
been printed.

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