From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MHGpU-0002aD-Ec for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 18 Jun 2009 08:34:56 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MHGpO-0002Xe-Jy for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 18 Jun 2009 08:34:55 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=57760 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MHGpN-0002XC-8V for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 18 Jun 2009 08:34:49 -0400 Received: from smtp2-g21.free.fr ([212.27.42.2]:35973) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MHGpM-0005Jp-B8 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 18 Jun 2009 08:34:49 -0400 In-Reply-To: <26A499CF-3400-4EC9-A0DA-8CC994FE423E@suse.de> Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/4] Add multiboot support (x86) v2 From: "=?utf-8?q?Fran=C3=A7ois?= Revol" Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:34:37 +0200 CEST Message-Id: <4014278598-BeMail@laptop> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Alexander Graf Cc: kwolf@redhat.com, rene@exactcode.de, qemu-devel@nongnu.org > >> That makes sense on real hardware, of course. But for -kernel you > >> don't > >> need a file system to read the kernel from. > > > > Except that wouldn't be the actual kernel passed but the 2nd stage. > > And having to pass the kernel in a tgz outside the BFS image makes > > it > > more complex to set up. > > I don't see why you need a tgz file. Multiboot can pass multiple > modules. Just use -initrd foo,bar,xxx Sure you'll pass 30 names there ;) Plus, does it handle folders and symlinks, as that's required =3F There is no need to make it even harder anyway, the build process does generate the tgz for CD/floppy boot anyway. Fran=C3=A7ois.