From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43)
	id 1IDdpn-0006Hf-IS
	for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Jul 2007 06:11:11 -0400
Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43)
	id 1IDdpm-0006Ha-PK
	for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Jul 2007 06:11:10 -0400
Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43)
	id 1IDdpk-0006HO-FE
	for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Jul 2007 06:11:10 -0400
Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org)
	by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IDdpk-0006HL-8V
	for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Jul 2007 06:11:08 -0400
Received: from smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl ([194.109.24.21])
	by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60)
	(envelope-from <mgerards@xs4all.nl>) id 1IDdpj-0007qu-SK
	for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Jul 2007 06:11:08 -0400
Received: from localhost.localdomain (249-174.surfsnel.dsl.internl.net
	[145.99.174.249])
	by smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l6PAB6B4022274
	for <grub-devel@gnu.org>; Wed, 25 Jul 2007 12:11:07 +0200 (CEST)
	(envelope-from mgerards@xs4all.nl)
From: Marco Gerards <mgerards@xs4all.nl>
To: The development of GRUB 2 <grub-devel@gnu.org>
References: <9f50a7a00707070853i459cfe90h7f2c2c51d7123266@mail.gmail.com>
	<87lkdsccco.fsf@lab.ossystems.com.br>
	<9f50a7a00707080125x37f55b59t27300292bb085be7@mail.gmail.com>
	<87d4ykfu8c.fsf@xs4all.nl>
	<9f50a7a00707241104h5c518500yb6337a4e4ff53f5@mail.gmail.com>
	<877iooajxy.fsf@xs4all.nl> <20070725100323.GA28527@coresystems.de>
Mail-Copies-To: mgerards@xs4all.nl
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 12:12:48 +0200
In-Reply-To: <20070725100323.GA28527@coresystems.de> (Stefan Reinauer's
	message of "Wed, 25 Jul 2007 12:03:23 +0200")
Message-ID: <873azcaj1b.fsf@xs4all.nl>
User-Agent: Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux)
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner
X-detected-kernel: FreeBSD 4.6-4.9
Subject: Re: [RFC] [PATCH] Add multiboot 2 capabilities
X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5
Precedence: list
Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 <grub-devel@gnu.org>
List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 <grub-devel.gnu.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel>,
	<mailto:grub-devel-request@gnu.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.gnu.org/pipermail/grub-devel>
List-Post: <mailto:grub-devel@gnu.org>
List-Help: <mailto:grub-devel-request@gnu.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel>,
	<mailto:grub-devel-request@gnu.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 10:11:11 -0000

Stefan Reinauer <stepan@coresystems.de> writes:

> * Marco Gerards <mgerards@xs4all.nl> [070725 11:53]:
>> "Jerone Young" <jerone@gmail.com> writes:
>> 
>> > I'm going to submit a new patch shortly. I'll also check it in. So it
>> > will not suffer from code rot :-) Need to make sure some stuff works
>> > on ppc then it'll be in. Probably tonight or tomorrow.
>> 
>> Great to have multiboot2!  Having multiboot2 on the PPC was actually
>> the main reason I started working on GRUB 2 in the first place.
>> 
>> You didn't leave me much time to go over it ;-).  Do you want me to
>> review it so you can fix up the GCS issues in CVS or did you take care
>> of these issues already? :-)
>
> Will grub2 still be able to boot multiboot(1) binaries on x86?

Yes.  If not, this would be a bug that needs to be fixed.

--
Marco