Hello, I have a question/comment regarding the Multiboot Specification. Since loaders need to read/load an object file anyway, wouldn't it be more appropriate to look for the multiboot header by looking up either a symbol name or a section name, rather than searching for a magic number within the first 8K bytes of the image?
This shouldn't be very difficult to implement for loaders, it would make loading safer (more reliable), and it would remove an otherwise artificial limitation. (It wouldn't have to be a requirement, but it could be a supplement to the magic number solution.) How would I proceed to suggest this change? :-) Kind regards, Vegard Nossum PS: It wasn't entirely clear who is responsible for the specification. If I hit the wrong address, please disregard this message :-) _______________________________________________ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
