Because we haven't released any GRUB test version for a while, we need to prepare for making a test release now. So I and Gordon will concentrate on the manuals rather than new features. I expect that this will take about two weeks. The test release will be called ``0.90'', because we won't release 0.6 but 1.0. I really hope that we won't have to release 0.91. As a maintainer, I think I should tell you what prevents us from making a public release. The requirement is that GRUB supports all the features in Multiboot Specification 0.7. For now, the missing features are disk I/O ports detection support and graphics support. I have preliminary code for the former using Virtual 8086 mode, but the code is not ready even for testers. The latter is relatively easy to implement, because the basic code is already included in the official GRUB source tree. I guess that it will take at least one week to debug the v86 code, and I have been (and will be) quite busy, so I haven't touched the code for several weeks. If you are willing to work on it, let me know, and I will send you my local source tree. For this work, you need deep knowledge on the Intel x86 architecture and GNU assembler. Okuji _______________________________________________ Bug-grub mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-grub
