Re: GRUB on DOC: 2Mb issues

["Miguel Freitas" <miguel@cetuc.puc-rio.br>]

On 30 Aug 00, at 16:07, David Woodhouse wrote:

> Now because the IPL ROM only loads the first half of the page on 512-byte 
> devices, you'll find that whatever type of device you have, you magically 
> get the 'correct' second half of the loader put into offset 256 when it's 
> loaded into memory.

   Yes! That's an even better idea!

> I can hack this up and get it to work on the 512-byte devices if you like.

   Well, I will not have time to do it in the next few days anyway. But 
maybe Ciro will want to implement it.
 
> >     BTW, forgot my suggestion for "loadbios" ioctl... 
> 
> I didn't forget it. You don't like handling it in userspace - I agree. I 
> just don't like handling it in the mtd character device _either_ :)

   Oh, I expressed myself badly...I just want to say: - please, forget 
the loadbios ioctl idea! :) I realized it's not necessary.


Regards,

Miguel Freitas



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