From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1MfBqx-0000MQ-LS for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Aug 2009 08:07:19 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MfBqv-0000LQ-AB for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Aug 2009 08:07:17 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MfBqp-0000JX-1M for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Aug 2009 08:07:15 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=33261 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MfBqn-0000JL-HX for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Aug 2009 08:07:09 -0400 Received: from xvm-190-8.ghst.net ([217.70.190.8]:40218 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 1MfBqn-00087m-3P for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Aug 2009 08:07:09 -0400 Received: from [192.168.10.10] (helo=thorin) by aybabtu.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MfBqj-0008GX-W3; Sun, 23 Aug 2009 14:07:06 +0200 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MfBqj-0005je-Ak; Sun, 23 Aug 2009 14:07:05 +0200 Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2009 14:07:05 +0200 From: Robert Millan To: UrJiZ Message-ID: <20090823120705.GQ4130@thorin> References: <460f92b70711190705t6665188bs810f64bfa5e3186b@mail.gmail.com> <460f92b70711251110y3deabfebtc779b664ca5ac201@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <460f92b70711251110y3deabfebtc779b664ca5ac201@mail.gmail.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, 3) Cc: grub-devel@gnu.org Subject: Re: ISA Option ROM booting capability 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, 23 Aug 2009 12:07:18 -0000 Hi, Are you still interested in getting this merged? If you are, please let us know. We'd need you to submit a patch to the list in that case (external URLs are problematic). Don't worry if it's not up-to-date, for initial review it should be OK. On Sun, Nov 25, 2007 at 09:10:29PM +0200, UrJiZ wrote: > Hi, > > On Nov 20, 2007 9:14 AM, Bean wrote: > > Hi, > > > 1, use gas syntax, it's not that much source, just convert it. > > 2, don't embed core.img, instead compile header seperately, and create > > the rom image by catenating the header and core.img > > 3, Use romchk to zero-pad the rom to 64K, and fix the checksum. It can > > be quite useful if it can also configure runtime variables like the > > hotkey and timeout. > > > > Here's some list on what i've done: > - converted the code to gas syntax... (I don't really get why, NASM is > so much better in bootloader-like things...) > - modified grub-mkrom to be able to compile it (dunno whether the > current cpp + as + ld is the correct way, but it works) > - added static offsets in image for the runtime variables... > - modified romchk to be able to modify 'em > - added grub-mkrom to be able to pass the variables to romchk (also > has --help now) > - added a tiny clean-binaries script ... it's just replacing "make > clean" for now. > > And here's the new archive: > http://88.193.31.35:8080/urjaman/romboot2.tar.gz (or > http://rapidshare.com/files/72238464/romboot2.tar.gz.html ). > > Any comments are welcomed, good or bad. -- 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."