Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko wrote: > Nando wrote: > >> Hi everyone, >> >> Wondering if grub2 can have an additional module added to do various >> pci-e Configuration Register fixups/modifications before launching >> into XP/Win7/Linux. Specifically I require: >> >> For Linux I would recommend to contact developpers of corresponding kernel subsystem - it will help them to improve driver. Further discussion is in relation to MS stuff. >> 1/ ability to modify PCI Bridge Configuration Registers for DIY ViDock >> project <http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?p=5324240> to >> allow the video card to work [ current workaround is boot DOS, use >> pcitool to do the mod, then use grub4dos to chainload the OS ] >> >> 2/ ability to restore a mini pci-e port's Extended PCI Configuration >> registers config to reverse HP bios whitelisting of wifi cards (See >> bottom of HP Mini pci-e wifi bios thread >> <http://www.wimsbios.com/phpBB2/topic9388-105.html>. No current tool >> can do this that I've found, with the DOS pcitool extending only to >> the 00-FF pci-e configuration registers, not the extended registers. >> > I'm not familiar with pci-e and don't know how much additional code > would be required considering already existing pci code. Considering > windows share "chainloader" command with other OSes too one could add a > command "winfix" which will autodetect and do all the fixes necessary > for windows and then 30_os_prober.in can be modified to use this. This > way user doesn't need manual configuration. If autodetecting is too > cumbersome one could have separate commands in grub to do exactly the > fix you need. Could you make the patch and send it here. If you need to > import code from another project discuss it here first - not all code is > suitable for grub > >> I'm running Ubuntu 9.04 with grub as the bootloader. Can these >> features be added to grub via say the menu.lst file as well as some >> config file that can store the dump for (2) above?? >> >> Nando >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Grub-devel mailing list >> Grub-devel@gnu.org >> http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel >> >> > > > >
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