From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.33) id 1CFJ8R-0004xt-Ue for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Oct 2004 17:15:44 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CFJ8L-0004vI-GV for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Oct 2004 17:15:37 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CFJ8K-0004uD-GK for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Oct 2004 17:15:36 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CFJ8K-0004tf-CB for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Oct 2004 17:15:36 -0400 Received: from [145.74.66.11] (helo=mail-cn.han.nl) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CFJ1O-0004zX-9P for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Oct 2004 17:08:26 -0400 Received: from localhost (charlie.han.nl [145.74.66.9]) by mail-cn.han.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1EF8187A9 for ; Wed, 6 Oct 2004 23:02:56 +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 04440-06 for ; Wed, 6 Oct 2004 23:02:52 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail1.han.nl (mail1.han.nl [145.74.103.11]) by mail-cn.han.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 362D487FD for ; Wed, 6 Oct 2004 23:02:47 +0200 (CEST) Received: from marco.marco-g.com (mgerards.xs4all.nl [82.92.27.129]) by mail1.han.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id EFBF7C046 for ; Wed, 6 Oct 2004 23:02:46 +0200 (CEST) Mail-Copies-To: metgerards@student.han.nl To: The development of GRUB 2 References: <877jq38zx1.fsf@marco.marco-g.com> <200410061358.34437.hollis@penguinppc.org> From: Marco Gerards Date: Wed, 06 Oct 2004 21:03:00 +0000 In-Reply-To: <200410061358.34437.hollis@penguinppc.org> (Hollis Blanchard's message of "Wed, 6 Oct 2004 13:58:34 +0000") Message-ID: <87y8ij7e63.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: [ppc patch] Old World Mac booting 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: Wed, 06 Oct 2004 21:15:38 -0000 Hollis Blanchard writes: > On Wednesday 06 October 2004 18:27, Marco Gerards wrote: >> Hollis Blanchard writes: >> > This patch allows GRUB to boot via quik's stage1. Marco doesn't believe >> > we should depend on quik for a stage1 long-term, but for now it's working >> > great. >> >> Right. A stage1 would be something for the todo list. Do you want to >> work on that? > > Yes, I will do that if nobody else gets to it, but it's a bit lower on my list > than some other things (like adding a proper modularized "suspend" command > and removing the use of BAT mappings). Ok. > I can't look right now, but does x86 GRUB need to use a block list for an > early stage? If so, could someone point me to the structures used? I'd like > to use that as my model... On the PC there is a block of 32KB (IIRC) that can be used for the core module. Can't this be done on the old world as well? IIRC there is a 32KB block on the HFS filesystem. Thanks, Marco