From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1ERtvn-0005Dk-Ho for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Oct 2005 12:03:15 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1ERtvk-0005D6-Vp for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Oct 2005 12:03:13 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1ERtvj-0005CV-8Z for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Oct 2005 12:03:12 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ERtvj-0005CS-1w for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Oct 2005 12:03:11 -0400 Received: from [145.74.66.11] (helo=mail-cn.han.nl) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1ERtvi-0006os-NV for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Oct 2005 12:03:10 -0400 Received: from vscan-cn.han.nl (venus.han.nl [145.74.65.6]) by mail-cn.han.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id E38678723 for ; Tue, 18 Oct 2005 18:03:09 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail-cn.han.nl ([145.74.66.11]) by vscan-cn.han.nl (venus.han.nl [145.74.65.6]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 10801-03 for ; Tue, 18 Oct 2005 18:03:08 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail1.han.nl (mail1.han.nl [145.74.103.11]) by mail-cn.han.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id E5C53882F for ; Tue, 18 Oct 2005 18:03:07 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost.localdomain (mgerards.xs4all.nl [82.92.27.129]) by mail1.han.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A8BDC04F for ; Tue, 18 Oct 2005 18:03:07 +0200 (CEST) Mail-Copies-To: metgerards@student.han.nl To: The development of GRUB 2 References: <20051018133821.987E39000B@www.strato-webmail.de> From: Marco Gerards Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 18:03:08 +0200 In-Reply-To: <20051018133821.987E39000B@www.strato-webmail.de> (jochen@mades.net's message of "Tue, 18 Oct 2005 15:38:21 +0200 (CEST)") Message-ID: <87ach6hkxv.fsf@student.han.nl> User-Agent: Gnus/5.1007 (Gnus v5.10.7) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new (2.2.0) at vscan-cn.han.nl Subject: Re: USB kernel driver 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, 18 Oct 2005 16:03:13 -0000 jochen@mades.net writes: Hi, > can somebody tell me if it is possible to integrate an USB kernel driver > (f. ex. linux-2.6.0\drivers\usb) into GRUB2 to access USB devices? > > If possible, it would be great if somebody could tell me what basic steps > I have to do. I don't think it is possible. Linux has multitasking, interrupt handing, a drive framework including the required bus drives, etc. For GRUB we have to write our own drivers, I think. And besides that, I don't think it is nice to maintain the glue code. -- Marco