From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.33) id 1Cji54-0007Uu-MH for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Dec 2004 12:57:54 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1Cji52-0007Td-20 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Dec 2004 12:57:52 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1Cji4z-0007SU-Po for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Dec 2004 12:57:50 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1Cji4z-0007SJ-M7 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Dec 2004 12:57:49 -0500 Received: from [145.74.66.11] (helo=mail-cn.han.nl) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CjhtK-0002rx-2x for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Dec 2004 12:45:46 -0500 Received: from vscan-ca.han.nl (mars.han.nl [145.74.129.116]) by mail-cn.han.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 373B98CC9 for ; Wed, 29 Dec 2004 18:37:00 +0100 (CET) Received: from mail-cn.han.nl ([145.74.66.51]) by vscan-ca.han.nl (mars.han.nl [145.74.129.116]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 11790-06-24 for ; Wed, 29 Dec 2004 18:36:57 +0100 (CET) Received: from mail1.han.nl (mail1.han.nl [145.74.103.11]) by mail-cn.han.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F01D82FB for ; Wed, 29 Dec 2004 18:36:57 +0100 (CET) Received: from marco.marco-g.com (mgerards.xs4all.nl [82.92.27.129]) by mail1.han.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE31AC05D for ; Wed, 29 Dec 2004 18:36:56 +0100 (CET) Mail-Copies-To: metgerards@student.han.nl To: The development of GRUB 2 References: <87brceni14.fsf@marco.marco-g.com> <19294A70-595C-11D9-842B-000A95A0560C@penguinppc.org> <87acrxjqq2.fsf@marco.marco-g.com> From: Marco Gerards Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 17:36:19 +0000 In-Reply-To: (Hollis Blanchard's message of "Wed, 29 Dec 2004 11:11:18 -0600") Message-ID: <871xd9j9bg.fsf@marco.marco-g.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new (2.2.0) at vscan-ca.han.nl Subject: Re: Claim on IEEE1275 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: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 17:57:53 -0000 Hollis Blanchard writes: > As for yaboot, it does not run on Old World Macintosh, and described > in the thread starting at > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2004-09/msg00014.html, I > needed to use map on Old World. If it is *only* needed on Old World, > then we could add another flag to grub_ieee1275_flags. I agree. >>> There is a "real-mode?" configuration variable, but I think that just >>> specifies OF's translation mode, independent of the client's mode (see >>> the IEEE1275 PowerPC and CHRP bindings). Knowing the value of that >>> variable might be interesting but I wouldn't recommend changing it, as >>> Apple firmware in particular is known to die a horrible death by >>> mucking with one of those settings (I'm pretty sure it's >>> "real-mode?"). >> >> On my powerbook it is set to false, while it is set to true on the >> pegasos. So what do you suggest? Using map when it is set to false? > > You said that both the PowerBook and the Pegasos work without the map > call, so if the briQ works too then I think we should use the approach > described above. Right. When will you be able to test this? Thanks, Marco