From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1NSzj3-0007Ur-TR for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:17:01 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NSzj1-0007PT-JI for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:16:59 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NSziw-0007Fp-JQ for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:16:58 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=56666 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NSziw-0007FI-D6 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:16:54 -0500 Received: from xvm-190-8.ghst.net ([217.70.190.8]:46316 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 1NSziv-0002RU-WA for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:16:54 -0500 Received: from [192.168.10.10] (helo=thorin) by aybabtu.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NSzit-0001MC-MF for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Jan 2010 22:16:51 +0100 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NSzis-0006sn-T6 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Jan 2010 22:16:50 +0100 Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 22:16:50 +0100 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GNU GRUB Message-ID: <20100107211650.GB26340@thorin> References: <4B4259D3.5020004@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <4B4259D3.5020004@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) Subject: Multiboot 2 branch (Re: [RFC] Tagged mbi) 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: Thu, 07 Jan 2010 21:16:59 -0000 On Mon, Jan 04, 2010 at 10:12:51PM +0100, Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko wrote: > --- include/multiboot.h 2010-01-02 17:50:06 +0000 > +++ include/multiboot.h 2010-01-02 21:06:42 +0000 > @@ -31,8 +31,11 @@ > /* This should be in %eax. */ > #define MULTIBOOT_BOOTLOADER_MAGIC 0x2BADB002 > > +/* This should be in %eax. */ > +#define MULTIBOOT_BOOTLOADER_MAGIC_TAGGED 0x3BADB002 I created a branch for backward-incompatible changes, it's in /branches/multiboot2. This does NOT mean that backward-incompatible changes are postponed. The draft in /branches/multiboot2 is already implemented in latest GRUB trunk. Further changes to this draft can be implemented in GRUB inmediately. So the workflow is basically: - Non-incompatible ammendments can go in /trunk/multiboot. - Incompatible ammendments can go in /branches/multiboot2. This branch can (and should) be periodically resynced with /trunk/multiboot. - In both cases, ammendments should be accompanied by changes to the example kernel (when this makes sense, of course). - The master copies of multiboot.h and multiboot2.h are in those respective branches. GRUB shouldn't need to diverge from them, as all the GRUB-specific declarations are split in namespace already. -- Robert Millan "Be the change you want to see in the world" -- Gandhi