From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from list by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.71) id 1QZrxd-0007xJ-Kh for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 23 Jun 2011 18:01:17 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:52716) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QZrxa-0007xB-Le for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 23 Jun 2011 18:01:15 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QZrxZ-0001go-Lc for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 23 Jun 2011 18:01:14 -0400 Received: from mail-wy0-f169.google.com ([74.125.82.169]:50226) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QZrxZ-0001gk-FU for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 23 Jun 2011 18:01:13 -0400 Received: by wyg36 with SMTP id 36so1930634wyg.0 for ; Thu, 23 Jun 2011 15:01:12 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to :subject:references:in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type; bh=mwM0RfuWh7erFEVYWihuYcwDUZaX+ZL7bpAprkRwUE0=; b=Dkh4yrmYecaLrNhlq8y1cfDaVeS3jm3JBaGc3xRia1oUidP2VxRhdrOUoOM+V5GNSb zvB8nDx60ZDF97di1yVXa0mC71iMB+rjPnzBMg7Y+yb04yKXh3kMRXQoDpGsa7BoQPe1 MucmzcznRdSJJ25trr6S8XvFv/e35X7duy60A= 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=GiUKt4FnTtg64p2oUX4oBv3BaLQIbIcApJQ7gjXnHwkXiRuhexE6PzBbx7RrFkK0BD vHzyD5XYvsHqF6B7I/qQIRDiptoOQuPfc+zsIP6aMH/kz+nfPHKLFhidGlYRFWIQNpk+ 79/5U26EMzy7s8wnoI9eks/XTZF8n81JrFrtU= Received: by 10.216.132.214 with SMTP id o64mr2304001wei.75.1308866471995; Thu, 23 Jun 2011 15:01:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from debian.x201.phnet (183-81.62-81.cust.bluewin.ch [81.62.81.183]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id s47sm137698weq.6.2011.06.23.15.01.09 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Thu, 23 Jun 2011 15:01:10 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4E03B7A3.3080200@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 00:01:07 +0200 From: =?UTF-8?B?VmxhZGltaXIgJ8+GLWNvZGVyL3BoY29kZXInIFNlcmJpbmVua28=?= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.17) Gecko/20110606 Iceowl/1.0b2 Icedove/3.1.10 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: grub-devel@gnu.org Subject: Re: Contribution: a file loading module References: <4E035EF8.8050803@gmail.com> <4E039AB8.1050701@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 1.1.2 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig6D0EF22E9581FB3FE2EB7B01" X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 74.125.82.169 X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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: Thu, 23 Jun 2011 22:01:15 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig6D0EF22E9581FB3FE2EB7B01 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 23.06.2011 23:45, Pierre-Nicolas Clauss wrote: >> You need to just add a small header to make this kernel >> multiboot-compliant (read multiboot header and multiboot kludge) > I know, but I have to give up my chainloader if I want to use a > multiboot kernel. Why? Multiboot specification specifically allows the files to be multi-standard (an example is netbsd). You can add the header anywhere in the first 8K and this shouldn't affect your own protocol. >> Nope. We won't maintain loaders for a single system which will always >> stay extremely minor (if your OS becomes major it can be reconsidered)= =2E > That's perfectly understandable, so I'll maintain the loader on my side= =2E > > Cheers, > --=20 Regards Vladimir '=CF=86-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko --------------enig6D0EF22E9581FB3FE2EB7B01 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iF4EAREKAAYFAk4Dt6QACgkQNak7dOguQgmFogD/bqD4HZhB/wJikn3LFd3ib4ME vg9EruifOOpamT3zfcwA/3rBuezBnePKSMdME7ggWFl5Wkq2X61wk9OOrGkAJa1O =dfNO -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig6D0EF22E9581FB3FE2EB7B01--