From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1JEqCQ-00046N-0Z for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:07:46 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JEqCO-00045V-32 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:07:44 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JEqCM-00044Z-N8 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:07:43 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JEqCM-00044W-Hy for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:07:42 -0500 Received: from aybabtu.com ([69.60.117.155]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JEqCM-0008EK-81 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:07:42 -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 1JEqCH-0005NE-VI for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:07:41 +0100 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1JEqAV-0005h5-BG for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:05:47 +0100 Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:05:47 +0100 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20080115180547.GA21853@thorin> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: 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 monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. Subject: Re: Using GRUB2 with CoreBoot (formerly known as LinuxBIOS) 1/4: Find tables 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: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:07:44 -0000 On Sat, Jan 12, 2008 at 05:44:42PM +0000, Patrick Georgi wrote: > > First issue: Right now, grub2 has a hard coded location for the lbtables > and gives up if they're not there. > According to the coreboot sources, these tables can start anywhere > between 0x500 and 0x1000, or between 0xf0000 and 0x100000 at a 16 byte > boundary. > To find it, checking for the "LBIO"-signature (as is done already) should > be enough. Is the "LBIO" signature schedule to change due to CoreBoot rename? Should we check for another one as well? -- 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 /.)