Re: multiboot2: remove "a.out kludge" requirement

2006-11-19 Thread Tristan Gingold
On Sun, Nov 19, 2006 at 01:31:17PM -0600, Andrei E. Warkentin wrote: > Well, couldn't the compressed .text/.rdata be stored in an ELF > section itself? Do you have a more complex idea? :-) For ia64, we don't have all the x86 issues: grub must just be able to load an ELF file (as well as modules)

Re: multiboot2: remove "a.out kludge" requirement

2006-11-19 Thread Andrei E. Warkentin
Well, couldn't the compressed .text/.rdata be stored in an ELF section itself? Andrei Evgenievich Warkentin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cell: (+1) (847) 321-15-55 On 19.11.2006, at 10:55, Tristan Gingold wrote: On Sun, Nov 19, 2006 at 10:26:54AM +, Brano Zarnovican wrote: On 11/17/06, Andrei E.

Re: multiboot2: remove "a.out kludge" requirement

2006-11-19 Thread Tristan Gingold
On Sun, Nov 19, 2006 at 10:26:54AM +, Brano Zarnovican wrote: > On 11/17/06, Andrei E. Warkentin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >How about having a custom e_type for ELF images booted by GRUB? Something > >in > > Guys at Xen solved it nicely with custom ELF section. Somewhere in > your OS c

Re: multiboot2: remove "a.out kludge" requirement

2006-11-19 Thread Brano Zarnovican
On 11/17/06, Andrei E. Warkentin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: How about having a custom e_type for ELF images booted by GRUB? Something in Guys at Xen solved it nicely with custom ELF section. Somewhere in your OS code you create a section with specific name, bootloader will be looking for. For