From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1MRTFy-0005vR-4x for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:52:26 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MRTFw-0005uH-W7 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:52:25 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MRTFs-0005rc-GU for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:52:24 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=53221 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MRTFs-0005rZ-E2 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:52:20 -0400 Received: from aybabtu.com ([69.60.117.155]:48233) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MRTFr-0000Xt-TU for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:52:20 -0400 Received: from [192.168.10.10] (helo=thorin) by aybabtu.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MRSAb-0003Yx-LI for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:42:52 +0200 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MRTFj-0001qj-2q for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:52:11 +0200 Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:52:11 +0200 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20090716155211.GD6771@thorin> References: <20090715010017.17865.58915.stgit@mj.roinet.com> <20090715010036.17865.76458.stgit@mj.roinet.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090715010036.17865.76458.stgit@mj.roinet.com> 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 monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 1) Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/7] Eliminate kernel_address 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: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:52:25 -0000 On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 09:00:36PM -0400, Pavel Roskin wrote: > ChangeLog: > > * boot/i386/pc/boot.S: Eliminate kernel_address. Add .bss > section corresponding to the loader. Use relative jump to the > loader. Nice simplification. But what's this .bss needed for? It doesn't look like a BSS. -- 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."