On Tue, Aug 04, 2009 at 04:49:57PM -0700, Jan Setje-Eilers wrote: > <re-send after fixing subscription> > >> On Tue, Aug 04, 2009 at 01:37:19PM -0400, Francis Shim wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> In the Multiboot specifications (version 1), there is a flag that >>> the OS Image can set to request that the boot loader provide VBE >>> information to the OS kernel upon boot up via the Multiboot >>> Information structure. Legacy GRUB (GRUB1) deos not support this >>> feature without a patch that is circulating around in OS >>> development websites; >> >> Hi, >> >> It's not implemented. But since you mention that a patched GRUB >> Legacy supports it, I assume there are a number of OSes that >> implement it. > > FWIW, we've got a prototype VESA console for Solaris that uses that > structure to avoid additional mode switches. In fact, was just looking > into what this looked like in GRUB 2 when someone pointed this thread > out to me. > > If the structure is built up compatibly, things should just work.
That's very nice. I assume it follows the Multiboot spec? (in theory, that should suffice, but that's just theory ;-)). >> Can you provide us with a test case? This would make an >> implementation of the GRUB side much easier. >> >> Btw, would you like to work on this? It's not difficult, as we >> already support something analogous in the Linux loader. > > Unless there's another preferred interface (or someone beats us to it). > we'll likely end up filling in. Considering the VBE code that's already > there this is fairly trivial. Very well! -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all." _______________________________________________ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
