From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1KKLWU-0006ag-Hc for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:07:30 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KKLWS-0006aH-OQ for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:07:28 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KKLWQ-0006a4-JV for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:07:27 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=58931 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KKLWQ-0006a1-Eg for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:07:26 -0400 Received: from aybabtu.com ([69.60.117.155]:52575) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KKLWQ-0007cy-0I for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:07:26 -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 1KKLQo-0000id-IK for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Jul 2008 01:01:40 +0200 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1KKLVO-0004Rt-T3 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Jul 2008 01:06:22 +0200 Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2008 01:06:22 +0200 From: Robert Millan To: grub-devel@gnu.org Message-ID: <20080719230622.GA17043@thorin> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit 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: loader modules jumping back to 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: Sat, 19 Jul 2008 23:07:29 -0000 Anyone recalls the reason our loaders had to jump back to kernel (startup.S) to do the final part of the load? IIRC this causes trouble when the loadee chose an address that precisely overwrites the loader, which is garanteed to happen when GRUB is loading itself, AFAICT. -- 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 /.)