Re: an estimated date of 0.90

[OKUJI Yoshinori]

From: Gordon Matzigkeit <address@hidden>
Subject: Re: an estimated date of 0.90
Date: 13 Jun 2001 17:27:05 -0600

> Let me know what you'd like from me.

As I said before, I'd like you to proofread the manual
thoroughly. And, you can apply patches to the CVS, instead of me. Some
patches need to be modified, though.

FYI, I have these pending patches:

* VSTa-FS
This can be applied as is mostly, and the author has already assigned
the copyright.

* EEPro100 fixes
I don't think either of these is good for GRUB. Rather, we should
update the driver from a recent Etherboot release.

* `--with-configfile' option to `bootp'
I think the name should be shorter, but the patch is not bad.

* via-rhine fix
I'm not sure if the same thing as EEPro100 fixes is appliable to this.

* ELF section table loading support
I haven't proofread this patch carefully, but I think this is ok.

* `--force-bpb'
We shouldn't integrate the patch with the official version, until the
command `install' itself can set up a BPB correctly.

* different LMA and VMA fix
This should be applied, but the patch is bad, because it uses global
variables unnecessarily.

* /dev/ida/*, etc. handling for Linux
I don't know if this should be applied, because the information from
the author is too little.

* JFS
If the author requests the inclusion...

* SiS 900 driver
I have already said the answer in another mail.

Okuji