FLATBOOT Barebones: Difference between revisions

The [https://github.com/udos-project/flatboot Flatboot] bootloader is an easy starting point for starting OS-development on the ESA S/390. It partially-implements the [[stivale]] protocol (but it is not fully compliant). Supports ELF loading and BIN loading as well. In general; in the mainframe world having a general purpouse bootloader is not practical, since most IPL bootloaders are dependant on the device they loaded on. Flatboot wastes precious amounts of memory (64KB) which is a lot on the S/360 and the S/370. But it provides an easy starting point for newcomers.