Re: My Summer of Code Project

[adrian15 <adrian15@raulete.net>]

> Hello list,
> 
> My name is Alex Roman and I have been selected as a Summer of Code
> student for the GRUB2 project. I will be adding CD-ROM booting functionality to
> GRUB2.
Welcome! Cdrom booting funcionality for grub2 is a good piece of news.
> The first stage of the project will attempt to use BIOS calls
> to achieve this functionality (which is, of course, dependent on the
> BIOS's capabilities, standards compliance, etc.).
Ok. That's how it works in Grub legacy I suppose.
 > The second stage
> will involve writing a complete ATA/ATAPI driver which would bypass
> the BIOS completely, thus allowing it to work on virtually any system
> out there.
I suppose that it is going to be difficult. I give you my encouragement!
> 
> Unfortunately I only have access to ATAPI CD-ROM drives, so I won't be
> able to work on SCSI and/or USB,
I don't have either.
 > however I will try to separate the
> system to load the boot image from the driver itself as much as
> possible so that future driver developments for SCSI and USB will just
> be sort of drop-in replacements.
> 
> So, just thought I'd talk a bit about what I'll be doing...
Comunication is a good thing.
> 
> Thank you for your attention and time. I'm sure I'll have lots of
> questions in the months to come. :)
If this happens, it's a good sign of grub2 development health.

adrian15