From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1M4LUX-0000mb-Ts for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 13 May 2009 16:55:53 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1M4LUW-0000lP-20 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 13 May 2009 16:55:52 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1M4LUR-0000jc-GH for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 13 May 2009 16:55:51 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=48766 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1M4LUR-0000jX-CJ for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 13 May 2009 16:55:47 -0400 Received: from mx20.gnu.org ([199.232.41.8]:12690) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1M4LUQ-0008W1-Ud for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 13 May 2009 16:55:47 -0400 Received: from aybabtu.com ([69.60.117.155]) by mx20.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1M4LUQ-0003cW-B1 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 13 May 2009 16:55:46 -0400 Received: from [192.168.10.10] (helo=thorin) by aybabtu.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1M4LG2-0001T1-Sh for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 13 May 2009 22:40:57 +0200 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1M4LUE-0003A9-LJ for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 13 May 2009 22:55:34 +0200 Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 22:55:34 +0200 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20090513205534.GD12098@thorin> References: 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/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-Detected-Operating-System: by mx20.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) Subject: Re: [PATCH] trampoline for linux on 64-bit systems 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, 13 May 2009 20:55:52 -0000 On Sat, May 09, 2009 at 11:40:13AM +0200, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko wrote: > Hello. On 64-bit systems the code may be loaded above 4GiB. When grub tries > to switch to 32-bit mode before launching linux it causes the reboot. Btw, I assume the problem happens with more than 4 GiB of physical memory? Does it affect the legacy loader as well? -- 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."