From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1JEqk8-0007KP-1f for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:42:36 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JEqk5-0007Gq-Uv for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:42:34 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JEqk4-0007Dj-Gu for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:42:33 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JEqk4-0007DG-47 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:42:32 -0500 Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2] helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JEqk3-0007LS-Mg for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:42:32 -0500 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1JEqk0-0001sL-8l for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:42:28 +0000 Received: from cable-87-78-194-234.netcologne.de ([87.78.194.234]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:42:28 +0000 Received: from patrick by cable-87-78-194-234.netcologne.de with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:42:28 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: grub-devel@gnu.org From: Patrick Georgi Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:42:20 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <20080115180919.GC21853@thorin> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: cable-87-78-194-234.netcologne.de User-Agent: Pan/0.129 (Benson & Hedges Moscow Gold) Sender: news X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) Subject: Re: Using GRUB2 with CoreBoot (formerly known as LinuxBIOS) 3/3: grub-mkimage should create streamable ELFs 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, 15 Jan 2008 18:42:34 -0000 Am Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:09:19 +0100 schrieb Robert Millan: > - I heard CoreBoot was deprecating ELF for size reasons. Version 3 splits them up, yes. Version 2 will keep ELF. > - On an earlier discussion (about boot issues on Apple hardware), > Pavel > proposed switching util/elf/grub-mkimage.c to use libbfd. This > would solve a few problems automaticaly, including this one. I'm fine with whatever path is taken to solve it (or if you decide that it's not worth the effort, and require coreboot v3). There's a patch out there for anyone who needs this kind of setup, after all. And if that libbfd-change fixes this issue, all the better. Regards, Patrick Georgi