From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1KZn0Z-0001Xh-G6 for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 31 Aug 2008 09:30:23 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KZn0W-0001XG-Tm for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 31 Aug 2008 09:30:20 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KZn0V-0001Wr-2s for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 31 Aug 2008 09:30:20 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=38107 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KZn0U-0001Wo-U2 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 31 Aug 2008 09:30:18 -0400 Received: from aybabtu.com ([69.60.117.155]:50503) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KZn0U-0002Ww-Kr for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 31 Aug 2008 09:30:18 -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 1KZmqV-0006SF-BG for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 31 Aug 2008 15:20:01 +0200 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1KZmym-0000js-ME for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 31 Aug 2008 15:28:32 +0200 Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2008 15:28:32 +0200 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20080831132832.GA2688@thorin> References: <20080830124058.GI16775@thorin> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: 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: Idea: Move kernel to upper memory 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, 31 Aug 2008 13:30:21 -0000 On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 11:15:35PM +0800, Bean wrote: > > Speaking of library, I think we can provide a dynamic library for core > grub2 function. Apps written properly can be executed in both native > os and grub2. For example: > > int main() > { > grub_printf ("Hello world\n"); > return 0; > } > > gcc hello.c -o hello -lgrub2 Or it could even be POSIX/C compliant and provide printf() etc. We discussed something like this for the Parted GSoC [1]. [1] http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/grub-soc.html -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all."