Re: my plan for Multiboot 2

[Robert Millan <rmh@aybabtu.com>]

On Mon, Dec 07, 2009 at 05:53:29PM +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> Robert Millan, le Mon 07 Dec 2009 16:08:31 +0100, a écrit :
> >   - Release a new revision of Multiboot 1, with only modifications that don't
> >     alter the spec.  I.e. GRUB Legacy continues to be compliant, and we don't
> >     change the signature.  These modifications would basically cope with the
> >     fact that Multiboot 1 is also usable on non-BIOS platforms, take advantage
> >     of modern 64-bit types to define equivalent structures, resolve some
> >     ambiguities, etc.
> 
> I'm wondering about the multiboot_mod_list structure & 64bits: would
> mod_start/end, cmdline and pad become 64bits?

I think long-term we should treat ia64 and amd64 as separate architectures.

Short-term we don't really support them, except to recognize and load amd64
ELF files.

-- 
Robert Millan

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