On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 01:01:00PM +0100, Vegard Nossum wrote: > Hello, > > I have a question/comment regarding the Multiboot Specification. Since > loaders need to read/load an object file anyway, wouldn't it be more > appropriate to look for the multiboot header by looking up either a > symbol name or a section name, rather than searching for a magic > number within the first 8K bytes of the image? > > This shouldn't be very difficult to implement for loaders, it would > make loading safer (more reliable), and it would remove an otherwise > artificial limitation. (It wouldn't have to be a requirement, but it > could be a supplement to the magic number solution.) > > How would I proceed to suggest this change? :-) > > Kind regards, > Vegard Nossum > > > PS: It wasn't entirely clear who is responsible for the specification. > If I hit the wrong address, please disregard this message :-)
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