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From: Anthony Liguori <anthony@codemonkey.ws>
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Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] x86 Multiboot support (extended)
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To: Alexander Graf <alex@csgraf.de>
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Alexander Graf wrote:
>
> On Mar 12, 2008, at 5:57 AM, Anthony Liguori wrote:
>
>> Aurelien Jarno wrote:
>>> On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 06:31:09PM +0100, Alexander Graf wrote:
>>>  Is it really necessary to have *that much* assembly code within 
>>> hw/pc.c?
>>>
>>> I would rather see multiboot support as a small image generated from
>>> C and/or assembly code, loaded either with -hda or with a new option
>>> having the same effect. This code could read the NVRAM to get the
>>> variables it needs.
>>>
>>
>> Better yet to package it as an option ROM and eliminate all the boot 
>> sector hacks.
>
> Better yet to package all kernel loading hacks in your option ROM and 
> eliminate the bootsector hacks. Mind to do it? ;-).

It's on my TODO, just not very high at the moment.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori

>
> Alex