From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1J7RCB-0003kO-Ig for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Dec 2007 03:00:55 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1J7RC9-0003k8-MK for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Dec 2007 03:00:53 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1J7RC7-0003jl-F3 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Dec 2007 03:00:52 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1J7RC7-0003ji-5N for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Dec 2007 03:00:51 -0500 Received: from mx20.gnu.org ([199.232.41.8]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1J7RC6-0001aO-Or for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Dec 2007 03:00:50 -0500 Received: from aybabtu.com ([69.60.117.155]) by mx20.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1J7RC5-0003UX-VK for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Dec 2007 03:00:50 -0500 Received: from [192.168.10.6] (helo=thorin) by aybabtu.com with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1J7RC4-0000DU-DD for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Dec 2007 09:00:49 +0100 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1J7RBg-0002gs-JI for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Dec 2007 09:00:24 +0100 Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2007 09:00:24 +0100 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20071226080024.GC9681@thorin> References: <20071216153046.GA11912@thorin> <87prx5nwd5.fsf@xs4all.nl> <1197915991.2541.3.camel@dv> <20071220173607.GA20508@thorin> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20071220173607.GA20508@thorin> Organization: free as in freedom X-Message-Flag: Worried about Outlook viruses? Switch to Thunderbird! www.mozilla.com/thunderbird X-Debbugs-No-Ack: true User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-detected-kernel: by mx20.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) Subject: embedding data in ELF (Re: moving ata initialisation to a command) 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, 26 Dec 2007 08:00:53 -0000 On Thu, Dec 20, 2007 at 06:36:07PM +0100, Robert Millan wrote: > > I'd prefer to support embedding filesystems in core.img instead. This > solves the problem for every situation instead of just PC boot media > (e.g. LinuxBIOS ELF payload image). Btw, any ELF wizard around? I wonder if ELF has any provisions for embedding raw data to it. -- Robert Millan I know my rights; I want my phone call! What use is a phone call, if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.)