Editing Useful Development Info (section)

== Wii (and Wii-Linux) boot process ==
=== Common ===
 | Your Wii starts
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 | boot0 (stored in mask ROM inside the Starlet)
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 | All looks good with boot1?  If so, continue, if not, die.
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 | boot1 (stored on NAND)
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 | All looks good with boot2?  If so, continue, if not, die.
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 | boot2 (stored on NAND)
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 | BRANCH - If BootMii installed as boot2, skip the to the step marked with '''[*]'''.  Otherwise, continue directly below this
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 | PowerPC startup and SysMenu loads (I think?  I can't find any info on necessarily when it happens, but I know it doesn't happen until at '''least''' here)


=== Linux, Gumboot, BootMii specific ===
 | Depends on the user's setup, but somehow load BootMii, either via IOS or boot2
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 | '''[*]''' BootMii begins trying to load armboot.bin from SD
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 | armboot.bin (MINI) loaded and begins executing
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 | '''BRANCH''' - If stock MINI, load <code>bootmii/ppcboot.elf</code>.  If neagix modified MINI, load <code>gumboot/gumboot.elf</code>, then if failed, <code>bootmii/gui.elf</code>, then if failed, <code>bootmii/ppcboot.elf</code>.
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 | Code is now loaded on the Broadway and begins executing


=== Linux specific ===
 | User selects Linux kernel, either via BootMii's file picker, or Gumboot's boot menu
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 | Linux kernel loaded from SD, into RAM, and starts executing
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 | Regular Linux kernel initialization
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 | Linux loads the compiled-in initramfs CPIO, and executed init from it
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 | internal-loader determines a valid version number to try to use (e.g. <code>4.5.0</code> -> <code>v4_5_0.ldr</code>) finds any partition on SD that holds that file
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 | That file is found, mounted, and swtich_root'ed into.  Otherwise, die here
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 | the loader launches the boot menu, letting the user pick a distro to boot
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 | distro is picked, mounted, and switch_root'ed into
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 | regular Linux boot process for your selected distro continues here