From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1JJmTx-0006o5-FG for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Jan 2008 04:10:17 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JJmTv-0006nr-Qr for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Jan 2008 04:10:15 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JJmTu-0006nH-D1 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Jan 2008 04:10:15 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JJmTu-0006nD-A7 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Jan 2008 04:10:14 -0500 Received: from smtp-vbr12.xs4all.nl ([194.109.24.32]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JJmTt-0003bI-Tx for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Jan 2008 04:10:14 -0500 Received: from localhost.localdomain (249-174.surfsnel.dsl.internl.net [145.99.174.249]) by smtp-vbr12.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m0T9ACR9094432 for ; Tue, 29 Jan 2008 10:10:13 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from mgerards@xs4all.nl) From: Marco Gerards To: The development of GRUB 2 References: <5cc84b460801281910v5fb8ac79pda9491c57b5cc585@mail.gmail.com> <87fxwhc9uv.fsf@xs4all.nl> <20080129085932.GB30048@thorin> Mail-Copies-To: mgerards@xs4all.nl Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 10:11:45 +0100 In-Reply-To: <20080129085932.GB30048@thorin> (Robert Millan's message of "Tue, 29 Jan 2008 09:59:32 +0100") Message-ID: <87fxwhatda.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: eltorito support .. 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 09:10:15 -0000 Robert Millan writes: > On Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 09:30:16AM +0100, Marco Gerards wrote: >> Kalamatee writes: >> >> Hi, >> >> > I read in previous mails that eltorito support would be getting worked on >> > for the summer of code projects, and that it should be getting merged into >> > the grub2 codebase at somepoint. >> > >> > Im just wondering what is the current situation with this? Is there any >> > timeline when it will be completed? >> >> Actually, I have no idea... Alex Roman worked on this. Perhaps you >> can contact him? The code is on the GSoC projects page. Robert tried >> to get it to work, but IIRC there were problems. > > I think using the ata driver would be a better approach. When our driver > doesn't "taint" bios-based CD access, we could merge the eltorito loader from > GSoC codebase, without having to solve the problems in biosdisk CD access. I prefer both. Not all CDROM drives are ATA drives. -- Marco