From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1JJrZc-0006HK-6A for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Jan 2008 09:36:28 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JJrZZ-0006Dl-PP for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Jan 2008 09:36:25 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JJrZZ-0006Cy-1R for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Jan 2008 09:36:25 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JJrZY-0006Cv-Uf for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Jan 2008 09:36:24 -0500 Received: from smtp-vbr6.xs4all.nl ([194.109.24.26]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JJrZY-0001rM-E7 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Jan 2008 09:36:24 -0500 Received: from localhost.localdomain (249-174.surfsnel.dsl.internl.net [145.99.174.249]) by smtp-vbr6.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m0TEaN6I097642 for ; Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:36:23 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from mgerards@xs4all.nl) From: Marco Gerards To: The development of GRUB 2 References: <20080127194135.GA7041@thorin> <20080127200634.GA8249@thorin> <20080128091133.GA14058@thorin> <87y7a9auga.fsf@xs4all.nl> <87bq75at8m.fsf@xs4all.nl> <20080129142109.GA3013@thorin> Mail-Copies-To: mgerards@xs4all.nl Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:37:56 +0100 In-Reply-To: <20080129142109.GA3013@thorin> (Robert Millan's message of "Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:21:09 +0100") Message-ID: <8763xcae9n.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: by monty-python.gnu.org: FreeBSD 4.6-4.9 Subject: Re: [PATCH] a.out kernel loader 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: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:36:26 -0000 Robert Millan writes: > On Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 09:56:38PM +0800, Bean wrote: >> > >> > The multiboot standard supports a.out. It would be nice if it was >> > also capable of a.out. So this code can somehow be shared, like ELF >> > support is shared now. >> >> but it doesn't have the multiboot header, or the header is not >> necessary in multiboot 2 ? > > It has a header, but that is the part that cannot be shared, of course. I > think what Marco means is to split generic a.out stuff like we do for ELF > (we have ELF in kernel because it's used by the module loader, but for > a.out maybe it's better to use a separate module?). > > For example we could have: > > - aout.mod: provides generic a.out routines. > - freebsd-loader.mod: freebsd-specific part (relies on aout routines). > - multiboot.mod: may be improved to rely on aout.mod when necessary. Right! I need a rml extension for gnus that transforms my brainwaves into an email ;-) -- Marco