Robert Millan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 09:56:38PM +0800, Bean wrote: >> > >> > The multiboot standard supports a.out. It would be nice if it was >> > also capable of a.out. So this code can somehow be shared, like ELF >> > support is shared now. >> >> but it doesn't have the multiboot header, or the header is not >> necessary in multiboot 2 ? > > It has a header, but that is the part that cannot be shared, of course. I > think what Marco means is to split generic a.out stuff like we do for ELF > (we have ELF in kernel because it's used by the module loader, but for > a.out maybe it's better to use a separate module?). > > For example we could have: > > - aout.mod: provides generic a.out routines. > - freebsd-loader.mod: freebsd-specific part (relies on aout routines). > - multiboot.mod: may be improved to rely on aout.mod when necessary.
Right! I need a rml extension for gnus that transforms my brainwaves into an email ;-) -- Marco _______________________________________________ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
