Hello from Gregg C Levine
Sorry to hear that it went unnoticed on the other list. It looks good
to me. Have you had a chance to test this idea, on a kernel? Here's a
suggestion. If you have the resources that is. Compile a kernel, one
of the latest 2.4.x ones, and apply that collection of statements to
it. There's a method for convincing a Linux kernel to become multiboot
header amendable, but I don't remember it.
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Barry
deFreese
Sent: Friday, October 17, 2003 11:42 PM
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Subject: [Fwd: Draft for extensible multiboot header]
Well I sent this to pupa-devel and didn't hear much. Does anyone
here
have an opinion??
Thanks!
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Subject: Draft for extensible multiboot header
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 17:41:32 -0400
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Hello,
I have started on trying to create a more extensible boot header.
Here is what I have
so far:
struct mbv2_header
{
unsigned magic;
unsigned header_addr;
unsigned load_addr;
unsigned load_end_addr;
unsigned bss_end_addr;
unsigned entry_addr;
mbv2_flag_t flags;
};
struct mbv2_flag
{
mbv2_flag_t type;
size_t length;
char data[0];
};
typedef mbv2_flag mbv2_flag_t;
Flag is probably not the appropriate term at this point. But it
begs the question. Are
any flags "required" that could not be replaced with this structure?
Obviously I am
missing the enum for the mbv2_flag_type_t also.
Any thoughts? As I have said before, I am a n00b so please don't be
too harsh on
me!! :-)
Thanks,
Barry deFreese
H4XX0r Wannabe
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