From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1NIUQy-0000rX-Ek for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:50:56 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NIUQx-0000r1-Au for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:50:55 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NIUQs-0000o0-Lx for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:50:54 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=43600 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NIUQs-0000nu-G9 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:50:50 -0500 Received: from xvm-190-8.ghst.net ([217.70.190.8]:35747 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 1NIUQs-000308-2e for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:50:50 -0500 Received: from [192.168.10.10] (helo=thorin) by aybabtu.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NIUQm-0003J9-DI for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:50:48 +0100 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NIUQe-0001xh-Ob for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:50:36 +0100 Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2009 22:50:36 +0100 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GNU GRUB Message-ID: <20091209215036.GG7093@thorin> References: <20091207150831.GA8047@thorin> <20091207165329.GE5040@const.bordeaux.inria.fr> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20091207165329.GE5040@const.bordeaux.inria.fr> 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: my plan for Multiboot 2 X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GNU GRUB List-Id: The development of GNU GRUB List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:50:55 -0000 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 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."