From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1LsbjU-00010A-Q5 for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 11 Apr 2009 07:50:48 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LsbjR-0000wP-4l for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 11 Apr 2009 07:50:45 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LsbjM-0000uv-M5 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 11 Apr 2009 07:50:44 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=39347 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LsbjM-0000us-1v for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 11 Apr 2009 07:50:40 -0400 Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com ([72.14.220.159]:43427) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LsbjL-0003yY-26 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 11 Apr 2009 07:50:39 -0400 Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id l27so136963fgb.7 for ; Sat, 11 Apr 2009 04:50:37 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=WWtAWlnrx8ilym+qO3mh64cKosJfOIVeC1s7KcnrNBY=; b=ku7BHAANSAKbnHrqlKYwnwQPMenI3R7ulUPZ30XN0HT6+SdP385BNV2ZYFaWJPoAkc m3NIfmUYPvtwrXPJaajEcPzkG2csH49HmIhpdeX1TI/CA46cRwLug5CdPb53S+n/poCO +7YWFF3akOAcoeLwWfoHsFCFOVzni4IKEWepQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=AXBzXx7ZLOYYLL7RiVuccuHq2ehUjOUawxyf/AHFCyzb2m/ChLcKGdiG1P+deFqrTY vncAFSOnuuJqOzWetrdotxTgKeVEq97HgV4Q3zeayD9i0UqjzmZNRliRy9S/fG79lTZ4 IAGlMvH8Z2ZDxFxknCMdtWczWP8wvZYROLbtM= Received: by 10.86.78.13 with SMTP id a13mr3185798fgb.42.1239450637934; Sat, 11 Apr 2009 04:50:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?192.168.1.25? (16-189.62-81.cust.bluewin.ch [81.62.189.16]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 12sm3701595fgg.27.2009.04.11.04.50.37 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sat, 11 Apr 2009 04:50:37 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <49E08411.70306@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 13:50:41 +0200 From: phcoder User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (X11/20090318) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: The development of GRUB 2 References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) Subject: Re: GRUB2 - Please add support for 64-bit FreeBSD 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, 11 Apr 2009 11:50:45 -0000 I haven't looked in depth yet, but it's a bit more. the loader switches to amd64 and sets preliminary page translation Bean wrote: > On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 5:54 AM, Daniel Nebdal wrote: >> Bean wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> Please try the btx loader in /boot/loader, which I believe to be >>> 32-bit even in amd64 freebsd. The btx loader is an a.out executable, >>> grurb2 has supported for it already. >> Ah, just noticed I replied to this before subscribing, so the copy to >> the list bounced. >> Let's try again. >> >> The BTX loader starts, yes - but the reason I'm using GRUB2 in the >> first place is to skip it, >> since it doesn't seem to support logical partitions. > > Hi, > > Oh, thanks for the information. The 32-bit bsd kernel is basically an > elf image that needs a little address translation: > > physical address = virtual address & 0xFFFFFF > > I think the principle can be applied to 64-bit kernel as well, it > shouldn't be difficult to add support for it. > -- Regards Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko