Re: [PATCH] Running GRUB under qemu on PowerPC

[Robert Millan <rmh@aybabtu.com>]

On Wed, Jan 16, 2008 at 03:19:49AM -0500, Pavel Roskin wrote:
> 
> The unresolved problem is that the "/memory/available" property is not  
> available.  I get the "grub rescue" prompt, but all commands fail with  
> "out of memory".

Does this mean all memory is ours to deal with as pleased?  :-)

I suggest you try poking it by trying to read all existing memory in your
address space.

> +  if (! grub_ieee1275_finddevice ("/rom/boot-rom", &bootrom)) {
> +    rc = grub_ieee1275_get_property (bootrom, "model",
> +				     tmp, sizeof (tmp), 0);
> +#define OHW "PPC Open Hack'Ware"
> +    if (rc >= 0 && !grub_strncmp (tmp, OHW, sizeof (OHW) - 1)) {
> +      grub_ieee1275_set_flag (GRUB_IEEE1275_FLAG_BROKEN_OUTPUT);
> +      grub_ieee1275_set_flag (GRUB_IEEE1275_FLAG_BROKEN_COLORS);
> +    }
> +  }
>  }

Please add a newline (and double-space indent) before '{'.

> -  /* Set the right fg and bg colors.  */
> -  grub_ofconsole_setcolorstate (GRUB_TERM_COLOR_NORMAL);
> +  if (! grub_ieee1275_test_flag (GRUB_IEEE1275_FLAG_BROKEN_COLORS)) {

Same here.

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