From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.33) id 1CJIBW-0007SR-RN for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 17 Oct 2004 17:03:22 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CJIBU-0007Rp-OR for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 17 Oct 2004 17:03:20 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CJIBU-0007RO-4a for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 17 Oct 2004 17:03:20 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CJIBT-0007R0-T5 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 17 Oct 2004 17:03:20 -0400 Received: from [145.74.66.11] (helo=mail-cn.han.nl) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CJI4A-0008Em-TS for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 17 Oct 2004 16:55:47 -0400 Received: from localhost (charlie.han.nl [145.74.66.9]) by mail-cn.han.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 15BEA8433 for ; Sun, 17 Oct 2004 22:48:19 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail-cn.han.nl ([145.74.66.11]) by localhost (charlie.han.nl [145.74.66.9]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 06170-02 for ; Sun, 17 Oct 2004 22:48:17 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail1.han.nl (mail1.han.nl [145.74.103.11]) by mail-cn.han.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 926758361 for ; Sun, 17 Oct 2004 22:48:17 +0200 (CEST) Received: from marco.marco-g.com (mgerards.xs4all.nl [82.92.27.129]) by mail1.han.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 53793C045 for ; Sun, 17 Oct 2004 22:48:17 +0200 (CEST) Mail-Copies-To: metgerards@student.han.nl To: The development of GRUB 2 References: <87pt3kj56d.fsf@marco.marco-g.com> <200410151040.13611.okuji@enbug.org> <20041017184953.GA24688@artax.karlin.mff.cuni.cz> <200410172237.05155.okuji@enbug.org> From: Marco Gerards Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2004 20:48:20 +0000 In-Reply-To: <200410172237.05155.okuji@enbug.org> (Yoshinori K. Okuji's message of "Sun, 17 Oct 2004 22:37:05 +0200") Message-ID: <87vfd9m5pn.fsf@marco.marco-g.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new@vscan-cn.han.nl Subject: Re: NESTED_FUNC_ATTR (was: Re: iso9660 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: Sun, 17 Oct 2004 21:03:21 -0000 "Yoshinori K. Okuji" writes: >> So, what is the size constraint? Is it for machines with small stack? > > No. This is the same as GRUB legacy. We want to use free space right > after the MBR, but this region is quite small (normally, 31KB). I > reduced the binary size very seriously to make core.img fit in this > region, and I don't want to give it up. Do you remember how much is gained by doing this? I do agree with you, I am just asking out of curiosity. Thanks, Marco