On Wed, Jan 11, 2006 at 06:46:52PM +0100, Joerg Schilling wrote: > Sven Luther <sl at bplan-gmbh.de> wrote: > > > Err, it was my impression that you don't really need multiboot at all, just > > need to download the files via tftp and boot them. But then i am not sure of > > what exactly multiboot is supposed to be, didn't get the straight of this. > > As the OF does not know the things that ufsboot or multiboot know we need one > of these programs.
Yeah, well, i misunderstood, i now know that multiboot is the one in charge of loading the firmware and going of to them, we indeed need multiboot. Altough, in the long run it should also be possible to move all the needed multiboot functionality (ufs driver, NEEDED elf handling, etc) intp the firmware. Do you have a list of these things ufsboot or multiboot knows that the firmware does not (or should not) ? Friendly, Sven Luther
