From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Graphics mode support
Date: 15 Nov 1999 17:49:07 +0100
> On Amiga, and also on Sparc (which are the only other platforms I've
> used for more than just a short while), the system boots up in
> graphics mode. It would be good if the resolution of this graphics
> mode would be passed on to the operating system in the Multiboot
> header. (This is a little like VESA2 support, I'd say)
I haven't considered applying the Multiboot Specification to other
architectures.
The specification says:
This specification is primarily targeted at PC, since they are the
most common and have the largest variety of operating systems and boot
loaders. However, to the extent that certain other architectures may
need a boot specification and do not have one already, a variation of
this specification, stripped of the x86-specific details, could be
adopted for them as well.
I don't know if we can make the specification (mostly) independent of
x86, since I don't know other architectures very much. Clearly, the
Multiboot information structure contains some x86-specific
members. What do you think?
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