Jordan Crouse wrote: > On 09/09/08 18:59 +0200, Robert Millan wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I'm thinking that it'd be interesting for coreboot to have direct support for >> Multiboot, so that Multiboot kernels can be used directly without GRUB/FILO >> as >> middle man (somewhat like this thing you call "LAB"). >> >> When I brought this up on IRC, Patrick expressed concerns about size. I >> suppose >> the best would be to give users the option to provide either coreboot tables >> or >> Multiboot, whatever is needed for their payload, instead of adding both >> things >> unconditionally. >> >> Nevertheless I don't expect the basic Multiboot support to be excessively >> big. >> >> If this idea sounds fine, I could provide a patch for v3. >> > > I support this idea unconditionally. I know the limitations and > concerns about multiboot - but playing well with others is something > we need to do a better job of. Absolutely. But maybe this is something that should go into libpayload instead, so many others can play well?
Stefan
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