On Wednesday 18 June 2008 08:27:09 Bean wrote: > On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 4:32 AM, David Holloway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've just edumacated myself about how the platforms are defined. > > > > Let me get this straight, the efi platform does not yet support loading a > > multiboot kernel? > > > > I'm working with embedded kernels here, not just Linux. > > Hi, > > It's not difficult to add multiboot support, but the question is, can > they support efi ? In linux, we can pass the efi system table using > boot parameter, but there is no such thing in multiboot, so the kernel > need to be able to access hardware directly after taking over.
Note that the Multiboot Specificatin 2 is designed to be capable of supporting a wide range of platforms. All you must do is define the spec for EFI (and implement it). Okuji _______________________________________________ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel