From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1ISHsS-0003ZZ-40 for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Sep 2007 15:46:28 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1ISHsP-0003Yu-VN for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Sep 2007 15:46:25 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1ISHsO-0003XB-As for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Sep 2007 15:46:25 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ISHsO-0003X4-8w for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Sep 2007 15:46:24 -0400 Received: from ns39764.ovh.net ([91.121.25.85] helo=kotoba.storever.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1ISHsN-0004br-S1 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Sep 2007 15:46:24 -0400 Received: from [10.8.0.46] (unknown [10.8.0.46]) by kotoba.storever.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE6553EBEA for ; Mon, 3 Sep 2007 21:46:55 +0200 (CEST) From: "Yoshinori K. Okuji" Organization: enbug.org To: The development of GRUB 2 Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2007 21:46:20 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.4 References: <20070831144219.GA27818@thorin> <200709021202.11339.okuji@enbug.org> <20070902105254.GA18126@thorin> In-Reply-To: <20070902105254.GA18126@thorin> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200709032146.20849.okuji@enbug.org> X-Detected-Kernel: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Subject: Re: buggy BIOSes (Re: pretty colors in gfxterm) 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, 03 Sep 2007 19:46:26 -0000 On Sunday 02 September 2007 12:52, Robert Millan wrote: > but I couldn't find this one from GRUB Legacy: > > 2005-02-15 Yoshinori K. Okuji > > * stage2/builtins.c (install_func): If DEST_DRIVE is a hard > disk, enable the workaround in Stage 1 by replacing the jmp > with double nop's. > > * stage1/stage1.h (STAGE1_BOOT_DRIVE_CHECK): New macro. > (STAGE1_BOOT_DRIVE_MASK): Removed. > > * stage1/stage1.S (boot_drive_check): New label. This implements > a different workaround for buggy BIOSes which don't pass boot > drive correctly. This is effective for BIOSes which pass a value > without the seventh bit (0x80). > (boot_drive_mask): Removed. This has already been included, as far as I see the code. > As for other changes, I can't find them. Did you have anything else in > mind when you mentioned these workarounds? No. The code in GRUB 2 looks more up-to-date than I thought. :) Okuji