Re: Format of .btl files

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From: Roger Butenuth
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 14:16

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> When the iserver boots a transputer network with a .btl file, is the
> iserver just sequentially picking up bytes from the file and throwing
> them at the C011? This would imply that the .btl file had all the necessary
> bootstrap code for the whole network inside it, in addition to the
> program code that will eventually run on each processor on the network.

You are right!
Look in the file .../source/iserver/iserver.c from your distribution
(ANSI C Toolset), there you can find a function `Boot' which copies a file
down a link.

Hope this helps,

Roger Butenuth

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Subject: Re: Format of .btl files
Date: 22 Jan 1993 14:16:32 GMT
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