From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1HfJzb-00014P-ST for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Apr 2007 14:07:27 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HfJza-00011v-EZ for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Apr 2007 14:07:26 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HfJzY-0000zU-Ot for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Apr 2007 14:07:25 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HfJzY-0000z6-Fm for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Apr 2007 14:07:24 -0400 Received: from 245.red-80-24-127.staticip.rima-tde.net ([80.24.127.245] helo=manazas.ensanjose.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1HfJuL-0001vK-Kf for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Apr 2007 14:02:01 -0400 Received: from localhost (manazas.ensanjose.net [127.0.0.1]) by manazas.ensanjose.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 11944D4640 for ; Sat, 21 Apr 2007 20:01:58 +0200 (CEST) Received: from manazas.ensanjose.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (manazas.ensanjose.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 32501-03 for ; Sat, 21 Apr 2007 20:01:57 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [192.168.1.6] (192.Red-88-9-199.dynamicIP.rima-tde.net [88.9.199.192]) by manazas.ensanjose.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id E5C3DD463E for ; Sat, 21 Apr 2007 20:01:56 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <462BF777.1030800@raulete.net> Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 02:01:59 +0200 From: adrian15 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (Windows/20050923) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: grub-devel@gnu.org References: <200704211558.l3LFwgRT001308@correoredir01.dinaserver.com> In-Reply-To: <200704211558.l3LFwgRT001308@correoredir01.dinaserver.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.4-2.6 Subject: Re: My Summer of Code Project X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2007 18:07:26 -0000 > 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