From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1N40IF-00008i-1s for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:50:03 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1N40ID-00007t-7h for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:50:01 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1N40I8-00005r-81 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:50:00 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=49472 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1N40I8-00005m-4M for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:49:56 -0400 Received: from xvm-190-8.ghst.net ([217.70.190.8]:41630 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 1N40I7-0004R7-NR for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:49:55 -0400 Received: from [192.168.10.10] (helo=thorin) by aybabtu.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1N40I3-0003Ch-OZ for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:49:53 +0100 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1N40Hw-0008T9-Re for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:49:44 +0100 Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:49:44 +0100 From: Robert Millan To: grub-devel@gnu.org Message-ID: <20091030224944.GC32482@thorin> References: <20091026181010.GA22942@thorin> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20091026181010.GA22942@thorin> 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: [PATCH] turn grub-emu into a port 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: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:50:01 -0000 On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 07:10:10PM +0100, Robert Millan wrote: > > This turns grub-emu into a port in order to make it easier to port GRUB to > new CPUs. A porter can then do the CPU port without having to worry about > firmware and/or hardware drivers initially. Any comments on this? -- 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."