From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1JTLAN-00088N-QJ for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Feb 2008 13:01:35 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JTLAM-00087N-5C for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Feb 2008 13:01:34 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JTLAK-00086N-Fc for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Feb 2008 13:01:33 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JTLAJ-000867-W9; Sun, 24 Feb 2008 13:01:32 -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 1JTLAJ-0000ik-IX; Sun, 24 Feb 2008 13:01:31 -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 1JTL5y-00059d-NR; Sun, 24 Feb 2008 18:57:03 +0100 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1JTL1G-0002FT-JY; Sun, 24 Feb 2008 18:52:10 +0100 Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2008 18:52:10 +0100 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20080224175210.GA8492@thorin> References: <19f34abd0802240401m29b95768tb0d69b8f1af6a1f9@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <19f34abd0802240401m29b95768tb0d69b8f1af6a1f9@mail.gmail.com> 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. Cc: Bryan Ford , bug-grub@gnu.org Subject: Re: Multiboot Specification 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: Sun, 24 Feb 2008 18:01:34 -0000 On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 01:01:00PM +0100, Vegard Nossum wrote: > Hello, > > I have a question/comment regarding the Multiboot Specification. Since > loaders need to read/load an object file anyway, wouldn't it be more > appropriate to look for the multiboot header by looking up either a > symbol name or a section name, rather than searching for a magic > number within the first 8K bytes of the image? > > This shouldn't be very difficult to implement for loaders, it would > make loading safer (more reliable), and it would remove an otherwise > artificial limitation. (It wouldn't have to be a requirement, but it > could be a supplement to the magic number solution.) > > How would I proceed to suggest this change? :-) > > Kind regards, > Vegard Nossum > > > PS: It wasn't entirely clear who is responsible for the specification. > If I hit the wrong address, please disregard this message :-) grub-devel the right place, but I don't know the answer. So just wait and be patient :-) -- 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 /.)