From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MHGqZ-0002wc-O2 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 18 Jun 2009 08:36:03 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MHGqS-0002t0-C6 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 18 Jun 2009 08:36:02 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=57772 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MHGqR-0002sc-95 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 18 Jun 2009 08:35:55 -0400 Received: from smtp2-g21.free.fr ([212.27.42.2]:36594) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MHGqQ-0005Uu-Ka for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 18 Jun 2009 08:35:55 -0400 In-Reply-To: <4A3A333F.40505@redhat.com> 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 14:35:43 +0200 CEST Message-Id: <4080328001-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: Kevin Wolf Cc: rene@exactcode.de, agraf@suse.de, qemu-devel@nongnu.org > > The loader can likey detect it anyway. If multiboot is used it > > should't > > need to call the BIOS to read the kernel anyway. It's just a > > different > > code path. > > Detecting shouldn't be problem, you have the multiboot magic in eax. > I > thought you would need the BIOS anyway (e.g. for VESA, as you > mentioned > yourself). If you don't or you can use VM86 instead, it's going to be > much simpler, of course. Not from the bootloader IIRC, but well, I've other pending stuff first. Fran=C3=A7ois.