From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1JFCub-0006g9-Ii for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:22:53 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JFCua-0006ea-JD for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:22:52 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JFCuY-0006bj-Uv for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:22:52 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JFCuY-0006bG-M6 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:22:50 -0500 Received: from c60.cesmail.net ([216.154.195.49]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_ARCFOUR_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JFCuY-0001GV-Ck for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:22:50 -0500 Received: from unknown (HELO relay.cesmail.net) ([192.168.1.81]) by c60.cesmail.net with ESMTP; 16 Jan 2008 13:22:49 -0500 Received: from [192.168.1.21] (static-72-92-88-10.phlapa.fios.verizon.net [72.92.88.10]) by relay.cesmail.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 408AA618FE1 for ; Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:22:49 -0500 (EST) From: Pavel Roskin To: The development of GRUB 2 In-Reply-To: <20080116104039.GA10888@thorin> References: <20080116031949.qvrrwl9868o4cwsc@webmail.spamcop.net> <20080116104039.GA10888@thorin> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:22:48 -0500 Message-Id: <1200507768.3307.7.camel@dv> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.12.2 (2.12.2-3.fc8) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. Subject: Re: [PATCH] Running GRUB under qemu on PowerPC X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:22:52 -0000 On Wed, 2008-01-16 at 11:40 +0100, Robert Millan wrote: > On Wed, Jan 16, 2008 at 03:19:49AM -0500, Pavel Roskin wrote: > > > > The unresolved problem is that the "/memory/available" property is not > > available. I get the "grub rescue" prompt, but all commands fail with > > "out of memory". > > Does this mean all memory is ours to deal with as pleased? :-) > > I suggest you try poking it by trying to read all existing memory in your > address space. I guess the simplest approach would be to assume that we have a certain amount of memory that would be enough for GRUB. The issue with "/memory/available" is known to Open Hack'Ware developers: http://perso.magic.fr/l_indien/OpenHackWare/0.4-pre2/README I guess they didn't implement a decent memory probe. -- Regards, Pavel Roskin