MILO(8)

NAME
Milo - MIPS Linux kernel loader

SYNOPSIS
milo [ -di ] [ -k kernel ] [ -r image ]

DESCRIPTION
Milo is the Linux/MIPS kernel loader for ARC standard (Advanced RISC Computing) conformant systems.

OPTIONS

-d  Enable additional debug output in Milo. This option is only available when Milo has been compiled with debugging enabled.

-i  Enter the interactive mode of Milo. Milo reads command from the console and exececutes them. Currently the following commands are available:

boot
    Exit interactive mode and continue with the normal boot process.

dump [-bhw] start [end]
    Print contents of memory. Output either as bytes, halfwords or as words maybe selected by the option -b, -h or -w. If the end address is omited 0x100 bytes will be printed.

fill [-bhw] start [end [val]]
    Print contents of memory. Output either as bytes, halfwords or as words maybe selected by the option -b, -h or -w. If the end address is omited 0x100 bytes will be printed. If val is omited memory will be filled with zero bytes.

help
    Print a short help message with all commands supported in Milo interactive mode.

BUGS
The current version of Milo is only doesn't yet work on all ARC systems. The is no boot loader for non ARC conformant systems available.