From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1JhDtY-0001H3-4Y for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Apr 2008 21:05:36 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JhDtW-0001GY-Et for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Apr 2008 21:05:34 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JhDtU-0001Er-Vz for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Apr 2008 21:05:34 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JhDtU-0001Eo-J5 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Apr 2008 21:05:32 -0400 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 1JhDtU-0003jm-2T for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Apr 2008 21:05:32 -0400 Received: from unknown (HELO relay.cesmail.net) ([192.168.1.81]) by c60.cesmail.net with ESMTP; 02 Apr 2008 21:05:31 -0400 Received: from [192.168.1.28] (pool-96-227-100-231.phlapa.east.verizon.net [96.227.100.231]) by relay.cesmail.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id EEA12619058 for ; Wed, 2 Apr 2008 21:05:24 -0400 (EDT) From: Pavel Roskin To: The development of GRUB 2 In-Reply-To: <47F42817.6040303@gibibit.com> References: <47F42817.6040303@gibibit.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2008 21:05:04 -0400 Message-Id: <1207184704.3063.1.camel@rd> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.12.3 (2.12.3-3.fc8) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. Subject: Re: Google SoC, Fancy Menus or USB keyboard 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: Thu, 03 Apr 2008 01:05:34 -0000 On Wed, 2008-04-02 at 17:43 -0700, Colin D Bennett wrote: > Does GRUB code run in real mode? I was thinking that double-buffering > the graphics might be important for fancy graphics effects, and wondered > whether is it difficult to allocate and deal with a megabyte or so block > of memory? When I last programmed real mode programs in DOS, I know the > limitations based on segment sizes, etc., but it's been a while. GRUB runs in protected mode, but it can switch to the real mode temporarily to call BIOS. In any case, I believe that the menu implementation should be portable rather than x86 PC specific. -- Regards, Pavel Roskin