From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1K9649-0006JK-Rr for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:23:45 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K9649-0006Ix-0u for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:23:45 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K9647-0006IH-Cr for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:23:44 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=43956 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K9647-0006I9-8m for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:23:43 -0400 Received: from aybabtu.com ([69.60.117.155]:35082) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1K9646-00029X-R0 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:23:43 -0400 Received: from [192.168.10.10] (helo=thorin) by aybabtu.com with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1K961c-00026v-1W for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:21:08 +0200 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1K963d-0006ZL-Se for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:23:13 +0200 Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:23:13 +0200 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20080618222313.GC24751@thorin> References: <200806171725.m5HHPQfx078913@shoebox.dholloway.com> <48581F63.4070400@dholloway.com> <200806181959.22611.okuji@enbug.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <200806181959.22611.okuji@enbug.org> 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: 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 22:23:45 -0000 On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 07:59:22PM +0200, Yoshinori K. Okuji wrote: > 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). Wouldn't it be better to make it firmware-agnostic? Then loadees can choose to either be firmware-specific or (better, IMHO) use standalone drivers like Linux and most kernels do. -- Robert Millan I know my rights; I want my phone call! What good is a phone call… if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.)