From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1EOsiF-0007Yr-J0 for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Oct 2005 04:08:47 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EOsiA-0007VO-GP for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Oct 2005 04:08:43 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EOsi6-0007Sh-43 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Oct 2005 04:08:39 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EOsi4-0007RE-NT for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Oct 2005 04:08:36 -0400 Received: from [195.135.220.2] (helo=mx1.suse.de) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA:24) (Exim 4.34) id 1EOsi4-00011o-Hh for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Oct 2005 04:08:36 -0400 Received: from Relay1.suse.de (mail2.suse.de [195.135.221.8]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.suse.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB110DF40 for ; Mon, 10 Oct 2005 10:08:33 +0200 (CEST) Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 10:08:33 +0200 From: Olaf Hering To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20051010080833.GA16728@suse.de> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-DOS: I got your 640K Real Mode Right Here Buddy! X-Homeland-Security: You are not supposed to read this line! You are a terrorist! User-Agent: Mutt und vi sind doch schneller als Notes (und GroupWise) Subject: Re: Booting homebrew ELF kernel on NewWorld OpenFirmware 3.0? 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: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 08:08:44 -0000 On Sun, Oct 09, Andrei Warkentin wrote: > I trying to cobble together a simple Hello World ``kernel'' on the > mac, and have a question concerning the booting specifics. I > understand that OF 3.0 groks ELF, but the ELF file should contain > some special information in the note section (and have the PT_NOTE > thing). This special information entails the values for load-base and > real-base (among other things) that are to be used. Here is where I > become confused. Noone except IBM CHRP cares about the PT_NOTE. Proof: yaboot doesnt have one, and yaboot works fine for everyone. -- short story of a lazy sysadmin: alias appserv=wotan