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Re: my plan for Multiboot 2
From: |
Robert Millan |
Subject: |
Re: my plan for Multiboot 2 |
Date: |
Wed, 9 Dec 2009 22:50:36 +0100 |
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Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) |
On Mon, Dec 07, 2009 at 05:53:29PM +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> Robert Millan, le Mon 07 Dec 2009 16:08:31 +0100, a écrit :
> > - Release a new revision of Multiboot 1, with only modifications that
> > don't
> > alter the spec. I.e. GRUB Legacy continues to be compliant, and we
> > don't
> > change the signature. These modifications would basically cope with the
> > fact that Multiboot 1 is also usable on non-BIOS platforms, take
> > advantage
> > of modern 64-bit types to define equivalent structures, resolve some
> > ambiguities, etc.
>
> I'm wondering about the multiboot_mod_list structure & 64bits: would
> mod_start/end, cmdline and pad become 64bits?
I think long-term we should treat ia64 and amd64 as separate architectures.
Short-term we don't really support them, except to recognize and load amd64
ELF files.
--
Robert Millan
The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and
how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we
still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all."
- my plan for Multiboot 2, Robert Millan, 2009/12/07
- Re: my plan for Multiboot 2, Samuel Thibault, 2009/12/07
- Re: my plan for Multiboot 2,
Robert Millan <=
- Re: my plan for Multiboot 2, Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko, 2009/12/09
- Re: my plan for Multiboot 2, Robert Millan, 2009/12/09
- Re: my plan for Multiboot 2, Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko, 2009/12/09
- Re: my plan for Multiboot 2, Robert Millan, 2009/12/09
- Re: my plan for Multiboot 2, BVK Chaitanya, 2009/12/10
- Re: my plan for Multiboot 2, Bogdan, 2009/12/13
- Re: my plan for Multiboot 2, Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko, 2009/12/13
- Re: my plan for Multiboot 2, Robert Millan, 2009/12/24
- Re: my plan for Multiboot 2, Robert Millan, 2009/12/24