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- Then, it's a matter of adding layer after layer. For most
- system, all those layers except the drivers will be added the
- same way. Drivers are a bit tricker and machine specific. I
- can't help you there, you'll have to use your wits.
-
- After we've loaded the high part of the core words, we're at
- the "wrapping up" part. We add what we call a "hook word" (an
- empty word with a single letter name) which doesn't cost us
- much and can be very useful if we need to augment the binary
- with more words, and at that point we have our future boot
- CURRENT, which PC yields. That is why we write it to the
- LATEST field of the stable ABI: This value will be used at
- boot.
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-
- (cont.)
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