From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1MYQjS-00029U-0P for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:35:38 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MYQjP-00026m-T8 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:35:36 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MYQjL-000217-53 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:35:35 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=40582 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MYQjK-00020n-V1 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:35:30 -0400 Received: from xvm-190-8.ghst.net ([217.70.190.8]:42023 helo=aybabtu.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MYQjK-0001Hx-I6 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:35:30 -0400 Received: from [192.168.10.10] (helo=thorin) by aybabtu.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MYQjH-0004ux-U9 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Aug 2009 22:35:28 +0200 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MYQjF-0004B4-Gi for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Aug 2009 22:35:25 +0200 Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 22:35:25 +0200 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20090804203525.GD15811@thorin> References: <1249407439.9327.38.camel@localhost.localdomain> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1249407439.9327.38.camel@localhost.localdomain> 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, 3) Subject: Re: VBE info request bit per Multiboot Specification 1 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: Tue, 04 Aug 2009 20:35:36 -0000 On Tue, Aug 04, 2009 at 01:37:19PM -0400, Francis Shim wrote: > Hi, > > In the Multiboot specifications (version 1), there is a flag that the OS > Image can set to request that the boot loader provide VBE information to > the OS kernel upon boot up via the Multiboot Information structure. > Legacy GRUB (GRUB1) deos not support this feature without a patch that > is circulating around in OS development websites; Hi, It's not implemented. But since you mention that a patched GRUB Legacy supports it, I assume there are a number of OSes that implement it. Can you provide us with a test case? This would make an implementation of the GRUB side much easier. Btw, would you like to work on this? It's not difficult, as we already support something analogous in the Linux loader. -- 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."