Re: GRUB2 Sparc

[Bart Grantham <bart-grubdevel@bartgrantham.com>]

Marco Gerards wrote:
> Bart Grantham <bart@chumps.net> writes:
> 
>>Didn't want to pollute the list with my dumb questions, so this is
>>addressed only to you. :)
> 
> 
> You can send anything related to GRUB2 to grub-devel, don't worry
> about that.  The advantage of a mailinglist is that everyone can
> reply.

Ok.  Replied to list.

>>Is this to say that an f-code bootsector is underway (or maybe even
>>complete)?
> 
> At the moment only Vincent is working on the sparc specific part of
> GRUB 2.  I think making GRUB 2 actually useful on the sparc is of
> higher priority to him (for example writing a linux loader).  Would
> you like to help us writing a f-code bootsector?

Well, I did halfway learn Forth a couple years ago in an attempt to port 
my hobby OS over to sparc, and I have both an Ultra 5 and a Blue&White 
Mac G3, so I can do some cross-platform testing.  Desite this, I find it 
hard to believe I'm the most qualified of this crowd to do this. ;)

Let me think about it some.  I'd be in WAY over my head, as I haven't 
really thought through how the f-code<->grub2 interface would be 
structured.  Are there any docs or thoughts on this from the group?  How 
is the direct stage1 -> stage2 process being handled on x86 without the 
stage1.5 middleman?  Specifically, how are you handling different 
filesystem structures in the boot sector?

Bart