Re: Move loader.c out of the kernel

[phcoder <phcoder@gmail.com>]

Yoshinori K. Okuji wrote:
> On Sunday 22 March 2009 22:06:36 phcoder wrote:
>> Yoshinori K. Okuji wrote:
>>> On Sunday 22 March 2009 21:48:21 phcoder wrote:
>>>> Hello. Now when boot command isn't in kernel anymore I don't see why
>>>> loader.c stays in kernel. Here is the patch to move it to boot.mod
>>> This is not useful in reality, because the loader interface needs to be
>>> pre-loaded into core.img anyway.
>> Why? I successfully tested core.img with just pc fat and biosdisk
>> modules integrated. It loads boot.mod just fine and boots linux and
>> multiboot with no problem
> 
> Try the rescue mode with no extra module loaded. If the core.img does not have 
> any loader, it is useless.
If it's unable to read FS then it can't boot much anyway. If it's it can 
load modules from its own partition. The only use I see is when grub 
partition is corrupted but OS one is intact and you already have FS 
driver for root in grub2.
Alternatively commands/boot.c can be a part of minicmd

> 
> Okuji
> 
>>  > Note that the more you split code into
>>> modules, the more the size of core.img is, as long as they are all
>>> pre-loaded.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Okuji
>>>
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