On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 07:59:22PM +0200, Yoshinori K. Okuji wrote: > 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).
Wouldn't it be better to make it firmware-agnostic? Then loadees can choose to either be firmware-specific or (better, IMHO) use standalone drivers like Linux and most kernels do. -- Robert Millan <GPLv2> I know my rights; I want my phone call! <DRM> What good is a phone call… if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.) _______________________________________________ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
