From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1O4C3J-0004H1-EP for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Apr 2010 07:55:41 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1O4C3H-0004GW-D3 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Apr 2010 07:55:39 -0400 Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=53091 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1O4C3G-0004Fe-2g for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Apr 2010 07:55:39 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O4C3D-0007LE-S3 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Apr 2010 07:55:37 -0400 Received: from mail-bw0-f223.google.com ([209.85.218.223]:54254) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O4C3D-0007Ky-Mr for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Apr 2010 07:55:35 -0400 Received: by bwz23 with SMTP id 23so5848991bwz.26 for ; Tue, 20 Apr 2010 04:55:33 -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 :x-enigmail-version:content-type; bh=WkU9mW7EPk6hJwcQ9YBIgNVlofJhx2lGZCx3zjQyvjc=; b=O4Idzn4V+Z2/HuZLybpQhEnejoOfNjl/DctC7Uw3JtMfqws+5lT4hVL28hds/HbR2N 6YbQxjZ1qWzemQq1aHHq3e7G4zGfHy+79d9kAP/oEfZ5RCcT4D/RJLkqQ+2v44fnqTM3 aBXXC7OyHb5OCgTfjXrAtOVul9LfQDAbL1StU= 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:x-enigmail-version:content-type; b=yE/uCCLMA37tw8n1n9wCXyyq7k6S4z81aoJ0ARgBKHZTJdY1c0B3KzLv+kkU177Lxa KR5xX6j7ixezQqTqGQiTy/qzIqbGQ4Kgg3uYUi/9Va1XVrCcZrxa3wtICzRMQE3MK9Tj c7O+2wYyzqQKo5FinXkU75QCrrC3n9fWJ4Yzk= Received: by 10.204.18.78 with SMTP id v14mr738148bka.2.1271764533464; Tue, 20 Apr 2010 04:55:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from debian.bg45.phnet (hg-public-dock-135-dhcp.ethz.ch [82.130.80.135]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 16sm3628744bwz.5.2010.04.20.04.55.31 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Tue, 20 Apr 2010 04:55:32 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4BCD962C.5010603@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 13:55:24 +0200 From: =?UTF-8?B?VmxhZGltaXIgJ8+GLWNvZGVyL3BoY29kZXInIFNlcmJpbmVua28=?= User-Agent: Mozilla-Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 (X11/20091109) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: The development of GNU GRUB References: <10638214586734@192.168.2.69> In-Reply-To: <10638214586734@192.168.2.69> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigA1B682154D02B9411C0923CE" X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) Subject: Re: xorriso and EFI boot images X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GNU GRUB List-Id: The development of GNU GRUB List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 11:55:39 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigA1B682154D02B9411C0923CE Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Thomas Schmitt wrote: > Hi, > > i took a look at grub-mkrescue.in with EFI and > implemented the EFI-only case in xorriso-0.5.5 > timestamp 2010.04.20.103448: > > =20 Thanks, will test it later today. > --efi-boot FILE Set El Torito EFI boot image name and type > > Currently -b and --efi-boot override each other. > Who comes last will win. > --efi-boot is not yet immune against subsequent > -boot-info-table. It disables eventual previous > -boot-info-table, though. > > Due to an allergic reaction in libisofs, older > versions of xorriso are not be able to load > ISO images with boot catalog signature other than > 0 ("80x86"). > > ------------------------------------------------ > > > Next i will have to extend the libisofs model of > a single boot image to a model that can represent > an El Torito Multiple Boot-Image configuration. > > > But i have scruples about the semantics of > Platform ID which is global to the whole boot > catalog.=20 It's not. The value in validation entry applies only to default image. Section header specifies the platform id of section entry (byte 1 of section header entry) > If yes: how do platforms 0x01 (Power PC) and > 0x02 (Mac) fit in there ? > > =20 I wonder how these platform fit in spec at all. AFAIR PowerPC Macs use HFS(+). Idr seeing any eltorito PPC Mac bootable CDs. > ------------------------------------------------- > > > Development of grub-mkrescue and xorriso: > > Since we develop and fulfill new demands of > grub-mkrescue towards xorriso, we will need a > way to detect whether the locally installed > xorriso is able to fulfill them. > > =20 > I can offer two ways for that: > > - xorriso -version > reports lines > xorriso version : 0.5.4 > Version timestamp : 2010.04.19.080001 > by which one can determine the development > state. > > - xorriso -as mkisofs -help 2>&1 > reports available commands. > My own test version of grub-mkrescue 1.98 uses > this to handle genisoimage, grub-mkisofs and > xorriso. > This method is also used by my tool scdbackup > for using a mkisofs range of 10 years, and a > xorriso range of 2 years. > > =20 What about checking error status of xorrisofs --foo -o dummy.iso dummy/ ?= > Have a nice day :) > > Thomas > > > > _______________________________________________ > Grub-devel mailing list > Grub-devel@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel > > =20 --=20 Regards Vladimir '=CF=86-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko --------------enigA1B682154D02B9411C0923CE Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iF4EAREKAAYFAkvNljIACgkQNak7dOguQgnrzAEAv+/z0kpPcmbRUKiQWI6PRnIb F7PN+y9Pd45qm7JZ2xoA/1bxkavUWjvjfP01xjyMp8Ug9XgfpGvO1Vji3NZpPD57 =V57l -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigA1B682154D02B9411C0923CE--