From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Thomas Renninger <trenn@suse.de>
Cc: eric.piel@tremplin-utc.net, vojcek@tlen.pl, dsdt@gaugusch.at,
linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
x86@kernel.org, Lin Ming <ming.m.lin@intel.com>,
lenb@kernel.org, robert.moore@intel.com,
Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ACPI: Implement overriding of arbitrary ACPI tables via initrd
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2012 21:40:43 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4F6D504B.4000101@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201203240402.38749.trenn@suse.de>
On 03/23/2012 08:02 PM, Thomas Renninger wrote:
> Whatabout Multiboot(2):
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiboot_Specification
> http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/multiboot/multiboot.html
>
> They do it similar to 2, but without specifying the data of the
> files like you do with type.
>
> It's a bigger thing, but I could imagine there are some guys who would
> be willing to give it a try. I remember I googled a multiboot patch
> which got submitted to lkml long time ago.
>
> It has it pros and cons, but should show up in such a discussion.
>
Unfortunately Multiboot is defective in way too many ways, beginning
with its insistence of entering past the firmware point of no return,
which means the bootloader has to do a lot of work (this has been proven
to be a nonworkable solution) and no support for relocation.
So that is not an option.
-hpa
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-03-24 4:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 44+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-03-23 14:29 [PATCH] ACPI: Implement overriding of arbitrary ACPI tables via initrd Thomas Renninger
2012-03-23 14:29 ` Thomas Renninger
2012-03-23 15:51 ` Thomas Renninger
2012-03-23 20:05 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-03-24 1:42 ` Thomas Renninger
2012-03-24 2:01 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-03-24 3:02 ` Thomas Renninger
2012-03-24 4:40 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2012-03-24 4:43 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-03-24 4:50 ` Yinghai Lu
2012-03-24 4:50 ` Yinghai Lu
2012-03-24 4:58 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-03-24 9:24 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-03-24 18:49 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-03-25 8:54 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-03-26 1:36 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-03-26 14:21 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2012-03-26 0:45 ` Thomas Renninger
2012-03-26 1:25 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-03-26 14:19 ` Thomas Renninger
2012-03-26 14:46 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-03-26 14:51 ` Thomas Renninger
2012-03-27 4:15 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-03-27 4:46 ` Peter Stuge
2012-03-27 6:18 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-03-24 18:42 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2012-03-24 19:15 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-03-24 19:17 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2012-03-24 19:44 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-03-24 22:21 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-03-24 22:44 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-03-25 9:25 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-03-25 23:29 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-03-25 4:17 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-03-25 9:07 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-03-23 20:54 ` Yinghai Lu
2012-03-23 20:54 ` Yinghai Lu
2012-03-24 0:15 ` Yinghai Lu
2012-03-24 0:15 ` Yinghai Lu
2012-03-24 1:05 ` Yinghai Lu
2012-03-24 1:22 ` Thomas Renninger
2012-03-24 1:26 ` Thomas Renninger
2012-03-24 4:41 ` Yinghai Lu
2012-03-26 0:45 ` Thomas Renninger
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