Re: Multiboot overhaul

2007-06-20 Thread Mikhail Vorozhtsov
Marco Gerards wrote: Mikhail Vorozhtsov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Hi, I'm working on a microkernel for x86_64 (with looking forward to ppc64 and sparc64 ports). As you know, microkernels are quite useless without user-space servers that provide "classic" OS services. Bu

Multiboot overhaul

2007-06-20 Thread Mikhail Vorozhtsov
Hi. I'm working on a microkernel for x86_64 (with looking forward to ppc64 and sparc64 ports). As you know, microkernels are quite useless without user-space servers that provide "classic" OS services. But microkernels are so useless that they even cannot load servers from disk :). That's why boo

Self multiboot patch

2007-06-17 Thread Mikhail Vorozhtsov
Hi. Here is a patch for booting GRUB via itself with multiboot module. Tested on [http://grub.enbug.org/TestingOnX86]-alike floppy image and QEMU. BTW. When I'm trying to add some code/data before/in multiboot_entry in startup.S, GRUB hangs with "Loading kernel" message (even if it booted no