From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1K91wQ-0002oW-Ej for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:59:30 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K91wN-0002nr-1o for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:59:27 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K91wL-0002nL-JV for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:59:25 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=42149 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K91wL-0002nI-CP for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:59:25 -0400 Received: from ns39764.ovh.net ([91.121.25.85]:36855 helo=nexedi.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1K91wL-0003en-3g for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:59:25 -0400 Received: from [10.8.0.46] (unknown [10.8.0.46]) by nexedi.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2EF773D985 for ; Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:03:16 +0200 (CEST) From: "Yoshinori K. Okuji" Organization: enbug.org To: The development of GRUB 2 Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:59:22 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.9 References: <200806171725.m5HHPQfx078913@shoebox.dholloway.com> <48581F63.4070400@dholloway.com> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200806181959.22611.okuji@enbug.org> X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Subject: Re: efi platform and multiboot kernel 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, 18 Jun 2008 17:59:27 -0000 On Wednesday 18 June 2008 08:27:09 Bean wrote: > On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 4:32 AM, David Holloway wrote: > > I've just edumacated myself about how the platforms are defined. > > > > Let me get this straight, the efi platform does not yet support loading a > > multiboot kernel? > > > > I'm working with embedded kernels here, not just Linux. > > Hi, > > It's not difficult to add multiboot support, but the question is, can > they support efi ? In linux, we can pass the efi system table using > boot parameter, but there is no such thing in multiboot, so the kernel > need to be able to access hardware directly after taking over. Note that the Multiboot Specificatin 2 is designed to be capable of supporting a wide range of platforms. All you must do is define the spec for EFI (and implement it). Okuji