On 03/23/2012 08:02 PM, Thomas Renninger wrote: > Whatabout Multiboot(2): > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiboot_Specification > http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/multiboot/multiboot.html > > They do it similar to 2, but without specifying the data of the > files like you do with type. > > It's a bigger thing, but I could imagine there are some guys who would > be willing to give it a try. I remember I googled a multiboot patch > which got submitted to lkml long time ago. > > It has it pros and cons, but should show up in such a discussion. > Unfortunately Multiboot is defective in way too many ways, beginning with its insistence of entering past the firmware point of no return, which means the bootloader has to do a lot of work (this has been proven to be a nonworkable solution) and no support for relocation. So that is not an option. -hpa -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
