From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1GozBa-0003pB-1C for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 28 Nov 2006 04:23:30 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GozBX-0003ni-UD for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 28 Nov 2006 04:23:27 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GozBV-0003lm-OL for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 28 Nov 2006 04:23:27 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GozBV-0003ld-FI for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 28 Nov 2006 04:23:25 -0500 Received: from [195.54.107.73] (helo=mxfep02.bredband.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1GozBV-0001Zk-3W for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 28 Nov 2006 04:23:25 -0500 Received: from ironport.bredband.com ([195.54.107.82] [195.54.107.82]) by mxfep02.bredband.com with ESMTP id <20061128092324.FCAL23770.mxfep02.bredband.com@ironport.bredband.com> for ; Tue, 28 Nov 2006 10:23:24 +0100 Received: from c-e8df71d5.029-19-73746f13.cust.bredbandsbolaget.se (HELO localhost.localdomain) ([213.113.223.232]) by ironport.bredband.com with ESMTP; 28 Nov 2006 10:23:15 +0100 From: Johan Rydberg To: The development of GRUB 2 References: <200611250410.21561.okuji@enbug.org> <1164425610.3827.20.camel@diesel> <200611250446.13574.okuji@enbug.org> Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 10:29:15 +0100 In-Reply-To: <200611250446.13574.okuji@enbug.org> (Yoshinori K. Okuji's message of "Sat, 25 Nov 2006 04:46:13 +0100") Message-ID: <87psb7hqc4.fsf@night.trouble.net> User-Agent: Gnus/5.110004 (No Gnus v0.4) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Subject: Re: multiboot2: variable data size 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, 28 Nov 2006 09:23:28 -0000 --=-=-= Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable "Yoshinori K. Okuji" writes: > On Saturday 25 November 2006 04:33, Hollis Blanchard wrote: >> That's exactly the point: there will be no difference. Both >> architectures will use 64-bit types. > > No. Both should use 32-bit, because GRUB transfers control in 32-bit mode= .=20 > Passing 64-bit addresses would be useless in this case. Note that the mem= ory=20 > map information is 64-bit even in the previous version of Multiboot Spec. That will not be true for x86_64-efi, which will have to run in long mode. ~j --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBFbAFu3CqIy3K3X2ERAk1oAJ9xv0Kb4k3I8Sg+zpXDIsIFw95magCgtLFY rG4kI1jjYnXhwrg0+q/RnEs= =t6jk -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--