From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: H. Peter Anvin Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2003 10:10:18 -0800 Subject: [U-Boot-Users] Re: A call for boot loader IDs In-Reply-To: <20031207174645.77334C5F5F@atlas.denx.de> References: <20031207174645.77334C5F5F@atlas.denx.de> Message-ID: <3FD36D0A.40405@zytor.com> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: u-boot@lists.denx.de Wolfgang Denk wrote: > > Please explain what you mean by "adjust or change the boot protocol". > Sorry if I'm asking stupid questions, but all of this sounds a bit > x86-centric to me, while U-Boot is mostly dealing with other > architectures where things are more straight-forward than on x86. > Well, of course it is, since we're dealing with the x86 boot protocol. The purpose of the registration is so we can deal with issues specific to one boot loader if they crop up. -hpa