From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from list by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.71) id 1Qa3kb-0000kX-6N for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Jun 2011 06:36:37 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:54077) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qa3kX-0000jm-OE for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Jun 2011 06:36:35 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qa3kV-0004VD-Gz for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Jun 2011 06:36:33 -0400 Received: from mail-ww0-f41.google.com ([74.125.82.41]:34782) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qa3kU-0004V2-W0 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Jun 2011 06:36:31 -0400 Received: by wwi14 with SMTP id 14so363518wwi.0 for ; Fri, 24 Jun 2011 03:36:29 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; 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; bh=YREJh9xezhOVrfxqSj3+q/zAzYLAy8cr1YoZxgSPllA=; b=QxZt+7zHTJrymr9LeWaIZF8jEKgHGrU8EAlGpPhz5mAHA80Jnc91AZFMO7NVtQRY+3 4yP+ngIJujMEHjHtR41RXr2Pr9DBNOvZ3nKDhwlDFortIf5PjXT6jwx/zPHU4W3SU/+c jfYrrComUWfx6w3EqpLGC9567P5vyVBQ2VONs= Received: by 10.216.9.204 with SMTP id 54mr466172wet.90.1308911789615; Fri, 24 Jun 2011 03:36:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from debian.x201.phnet (32-1.203-62.cust.bluewin.ch [62.203.1.32]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id l53sm1310636weq.47.2011.06.24.03.36.27 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 24 Jun 2011 03:36:28 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4E0468A9.3070208@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 12:36:25 +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> <4E03B7A3.3080200@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 1.1.2 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig63EC9CBED3AA1B4A6D9B7DFA" X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 74.125.82.41 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: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 10:36:35 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig63EC9CBED3AA1B4A6D9B7DFA Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 24.06.2011 11:33, Pierre-Nicolas Clauss wrote: > 2011/6/24 Vladimir '=CF=86-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko : >> 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. > Are you saying that : > > kernel /my_multiboot_kernel > chainloader /my_chainloader > boot > > will load the kernel as per the multiboot header and then call the chai= nloader ? > does grub guarantee that the kernel will be kept in memory ? > No, I'm saying that multiboot and another protocol are not mutually exclusive. (and grub2 has no "kernel" command) > Regards, > --=20 Regards Vladimir '=CF=86-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko --------------enig63EC9CBED3AA1B4A6D9B7DFA 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/ iF4EAREKAAYFAk4EaKkACgkQNak7dOguQgkxxAEAlvISviw6K1RQpDyqthXqaqBN M4eq6FUQ5Qx94KxGTwwBAJx5tKd8YF/mUQe2Tsv4G6ECByJ2crm8CtFP4WroI1Ox =qn4Z -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig63EC9CBED3AA1B4A6D9B7DFA--