On 09/09/08 18:59 +0200, Robert Millan wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm thinking that it'd be interesting for coreboot to have direct support for > Multiboot, so that Multiboot kernels can be used directly without GRUB/FILO as > middle man (somewhat like this thing you call "LAB"). > > When I brought this up on IRC, Patrick expressed concerns about size. I > suppose > the best would be to give users the option to provide either coreboot tables > or > Multiboot, whatever is needed for their payload, instead of adding both things > unconditionally. > > Nevertheless I don't expect the basic Multiboot support to be excessively big. > > If this idea sounds fine, I could provide a patch for v3.
I support this idea unconditionally. I know the limitations and concerns about multiboot - but playing well with others is something we need to do a better job of. I don't suppose we could talk you into a v2 patch as well? Jordan -- Jordan Crouse Systems Software Development Engineer Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. -- coreboot mailing list [email protected] http://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
