Re: Contribution

2017-04-12 Thread Nicole
Vladimir, Thanks for your attention. The modules are there if you want them, if not, I'll use them locally, only. Nicole ___ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel

Re: Contribution

2017-04-12 Thread Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko
On Thu, Apr 13, 2017, 03:04 Xen wrote: > Nicole schreef op 12-04-2017 18:51: > > Thank you for your kind reply, Vladimir. I failed to find the probe > > command - I promise - I spent quite a few hours digging through the > > source. As for the $((...)) and $[...] - I'll look into it. > > > > It s

Re: Contribution

2017-04-12 Thread Xen
Nicole schreef op 12-04-2017 18:51: Thank you for your kind reply, Vladimir. I failed to find the probe command - I promise - I spent quite a few hours digging through the source. As for the $((...)) and $[...] - I'll look into it. It seems that my paltry contributions are not needed, after all.

Re: Contribution

2017-04-12 Thread Nicole
2017 10:41:19 + From: "Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko" To: The development of GNU GRUB Subject: Re: Contribution Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" On Wed, Apr 12, 2017, 20:37 Nicole wrote: I have written two small, simple modules t

Re: Contribution

2017-04-12 Thread Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko
On Wed, Apr 12, 2017, 20:37 Nicole wrote: > I have written two small, simple modules to address limitations I found > in in Grub. > > 1. does simple arithmetic - nothing fancy. It's invoked by using > something like this: > > insmod arithmetic > arithmetic --set fred --min 2 -- max 10 "1" "+" "2"

Contribution

2017-04-12 Thread Nicole
I have written two small, simple modules to address limitations I found in in Grub. 1. does simple arithmetic - nothing fancy. It's invoked by using something like this: insmod arithmetic arithmetic --set fred --min 2 -- max 10 "1" "+" "2" the operators supported are unary -,!; binary +,-,/,

Re: Contribution: a file loading module

2011-06-24 Thread Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
On 25.06.2011 05:35, Graeme Russ wrote: > Hi Vladimir, > > On 25/06/11 13:23, Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko wrote: >> This is perfectly accomodated by multiboot specification. Just add a >> small structure somewhere in the first 8K of the file and your image is >> multiboot-compliant. > Tha

Re: Contribution: a file loading module

2011-06-24 Thread Graeme Russ
Hi Vladimir, On 25/06/11 13:23, Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko wrote: > This is perfectly accomodated by multiboot specification. Just add a > small structure somewhere in the first 8K of the file and your image is > multiboot-compliant. Thanks for the advice, but I have a few questions (p

Re: Contribution: a file loading module

2011-06-24 Thread Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
On 25.06.2011 04:24, Graeme Russ wrote: > would fit my needs perfectly. The U-Boot images are raw (not ELF) with a > 32-bit entry point at the first byte of the file but this may change (I may > put the version string at the start of the file) so the optional > execute_address could come in handy.

Re: Contribution: a file loading module

2011-06-24 Thread Graeme Russ
On 24/06/11 01:42, Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko wrote: > On 17.06.2011 18:11, Pierre-Nicolas Clauss wrote: >> Hi folks, >> >> I subscribed to this list in order to share with you a humble >> contribution of mine to grub. >> >> As an OS d

Re: Contribution: a file loading module

2011-06-24 Thread Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
On 24.06.2011 11:33, Pierre-Nicolas Clauss wrote: > 2011/6/24 Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko : >> On 23.06.2011 23:45, Pierre-Nicolas Clauss wrote: You need to just add a small header to make this kernel multiboot-compliant (read multiboot header and multiboot kludge) >>> I know, b

Re: Contribution: a file loading module

2011-06-24 Thread Brendan Trotter
Hi, Note: I am me. I speak on behalf of myself only, and don't represent the views of the GRUB team in any way. On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 7:03 PM, Pierre-Nicolas Clauss wrote: > Are you saying that : > > kernel /my_multiboot_kernel > chainloader /my_chainloader > boot > > will load the kernel as p

Re: Contribution: a file loading module

2011-06-24 Thread Pierre-Nicolas Clauss
2011/6/24 Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko : > On 23.06.2011 23:45, Pierre-Nicolas Clauss wrote: >>> You need to just add a small header to make this kernel >>> multiboot-compliant (read multiboot header and multiboot kludge) >> I know, but I have to give up my chainloader if I want to use a >

Re: Contribution: a file loading module

2011-06-23 Thread Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
On 23.06.2011 23:45, Pierre-Nicolas Clauss wrote: >> You need to just add a small header to make this kernel >> multiboot-compliant (read multiboot header and multiboot kludge) > I know, but I have to give up my chainloader if I want to use a > multiboot kernel. Why? Multiboot specification specifi

Re: Contribution: a file loading module

2011-06-23 Thread Pierre-Nicolas Clauss
> You need to just add a small header to make this kernel > multiboot-compliant (read multiboot header and multiboot kludge) I know, but I have to give up my chainloader if I want to use a multiboot kernel. > Nope. We won't maintain loaders for a single system which will always > stay extremely m

Re: Contribution: a file loading module

2011-06-23 Thread Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
On 23.06.2011 21:41, Pierre-Nicolas Clauss wrote: > Basically, I wanted to have a small chainloader of mine to load my kernel. > IIRC, I cannot use both the 'kernel' and 'chainloader' commands > together, so I just skipped using a multiboot compliant kernel and > have the chainloader to jump at a g

Re: Contribution: a file loading module

2011-06-23 Thread Pierre-Nicolas Clauss
Hi, 2011/6/23 Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko : >> As an OS developer enthusiastic, I needed to load a file to memory at >> a given specific address. > While such a functionality would be a toy for loader developpers, it's > completely useless for the end users. If the user has to know any s

Re: Contribution: a file loading module

2011-06-23 Thread Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
On 17.06.2011 18:11, Pierre-Nicolas Clauss wrote: > Hi folks, > > I subscribed to this list in order to share with you a humble > contribution of mine to grub. > > As an OS developer enthusiastic, I needed to load a file to memory at > a given specific address. While such a f

Contribution: a file loading module

2011-06-17 Thread Pierre-Nicolas Clauss
Hi folks, I subscribed to this list in order to share with you a humble contribution of mine to grub. As an OS developer enthusiastic, I needed to load a file to memory at a given specific address. No command in grub 1.99 was fitting my needs (as my file as no semantic known to grub: it's

Re: Contribution to Grub

2008-12-14 Thread Vesa Jääskeläinen
Robert Millan wrote: > On Tue, Dec 09, 2008 at 04:13:46PM +0530, Varun Deshpande wrote: >> hi >> I am interested to contribute something in open source. I would like to >> contribute something for grub. I downloaded source code of grub-1.96 & in >> TODO file i got this mail id. >> I am ve

Re: Contribution to Grub

2008-12-13 Thread Robert Millan
On Tue, Dec 09, 2008 at 04:13:46PM +0530, Varun Deshpande wrote: > hi > I am interested to contribute something in open source. I would like to > contribute something for grub. I downloaded source code of grub-1.96 & in > TODO file i got this mail id. > I am very much familiar with C, C++

Contribution to Grub

2008-12-09 Thread Varun Deshpande
hi I am interested to contribute something in open source. I would like to contribute something for grub. I downloaded source code of grub-1.96 & in TODO file i got this mail id. I am very much familiar with C, C++, python, perl. I am completed my BE Computer from Pune University & w