From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1NVRIS-0002Fg-R3 for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 14 Jan 2010 10:07:40 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NVRIQ-0002Cm-Jv for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 14 Jan 2010 10:07:38 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NVRIM-000275-Qb for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 14 Jan 2010 10:07:38 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=45371 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NVRIM-00026d-Ke for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 14 Jan 2010 10:07:34 -0500 Received: from mail-fx0-f228.google.com ([209.85.220.228]:50869) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NVRIL-0000W8-Ut for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 14 Jan 2010 10:07:34 -0500 Received: by fxm28 with SMTP id 28so16266068fxm.26 for ; Thu, 14 Jan 2010 07:07:31 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to :x-enigmail-version:content-type; bh=9wT4mdmVjM4x/5utUF/S2nqX9QoiHIn01RqlW1d5wbE=; b=UR08+dE35l9yRnmBrK/IIQjbusITTdmugepo5AToLWHUxThbQCpMhqKdYzz0iEebCD aiqfA0QIFmaXfdXZ8o1MouQt4PQdmBkPaF6EeZyWpNg/EkRt5o47DlCgMNuS5PDiqrSk sd17dqORmVoHeY5N1EV3Y4V54qTx5VzEl9IW4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type; b=WtpR+M3AtI/B3pkh7kqo1GqUJ+64tydO42AQe4b0JrAkRIB5qlTzMZv7wTO6AgHiBP cOG/BVg1GC24vBrmBx/dnw6P8NGQlIQGycny0oasWdPgAbwTGjLUBxy/oKckzlkbozWc Shsb+CIUyUssC4WcwjYDy0Ko6yLeCKKLVVfnE= Received: by 10.87.71.15 with SMTP id y15mr1184791fgk.58.1263481651449; Thu, 14 Jan 2010 07:07:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from debian.bg45.phnet (125-115.203-62.cust.bluewin.ch [62.203.115.125]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id e20sm1853477fga.22.2010.01.14.07.07.29 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Thu, 14 Jan 2010 07:07:30 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4B4F332A.6020504@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:07:22 +0100 From: =?UTF-8?B?VmxhZGltaXIgJ8+GLWNvZGVyL3BoY29kZXInIFNlcmJpbmVua28=?= User-Agent: Mozilla-Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 (X11/20091109) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: The development of GNU GRUB References: <4B4F2EE2.6090405@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4B4F2EE2.6090405@gmail.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigB5200BDE8CDF7FFB3E858533" X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) Subject: Re: [multiboot] abstractmbi, modules X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GNU GRUB List-Id: The development of GNU GRUB List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:07:38 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigB5200BDE8CDF7FFB3E858533 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Gr=C3=A9goire Sutre wrote: > Hi, > > I made some tests with the people/phcoder/abstractmbi branch, but I'm > a bit late reporting them... Better late than never I guess :-) > > I compiled the branch and installed GRUB from Linux on a USB stick, > and then booted my NetBSD box from the stick, with multiboot. It > worked like a charm. :-) > > Regarding the question (on irc) whether it also works with modules, it > turns out that NetBSD/i386 kernel multiboot code lacks module support > (in -current). Therefore, to test modules, I tried booting Xen 3.3 > (with NetBSD as DOM0), with: > > grub> multiboot (...)/xen.gz console=3Dvga > grub> module (...)/netbsd-XEN3PAE_DOM0 console=3Dpc > grub> boot > > and I got an error "Panic on CPU0" from Xen (before booting DOM0). It's known problem: xen makes inappropriate assumptions about mbi placeme= nt > This is with the abstractmbi branch, I didn't try with GRUB trunk.=20 > There are some reports in the archives of grub-devel regarding > problems with Xen 3.3, so maybe this is a known issue with GRUB. Note > that with NetBSD's boot loader, which is also able to multiboot with > modules, doing: > > load /netbsd-XEN3PAE_DOM0 console=3Dpc > multiboot /xen.gz console=3Dvga > > works fine. > > Gr=C3=A9goire > > > > _______________________________________________ > Grub-devel mailing list > Grub-devel@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel > --=20 Regards Vladimir '=CF=86-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko --------------enigB5200BDE8CDF7FFB3E858533 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iF4EAREKAAYFAktPMzAACgkQNak7dOguQgkopAEAr3YRWa5udCsekP6GsGAQ15og 4J67Ph7kLk2kdZ7uuUoBAJd/MK+DR4vgJsdxiVarZLzA1fge0+F1RdBHNPre/as8 =bo/0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigB5200BDE8CDF7FFB3E858533--