UFS (FFS) support seems broken in grub2

2008-01-19 Thread jakllsch
Hi, The UFS (or FFS as it's known to NetBSD) support in grub2 does not seem to work for me. I've tried multiple configurations of partitioning (MBR, MBR & BSD disklabel, and even no partitioning), the best I get is "Unknown filesystem". This happens with either [UF]FSv[12]. Judging by some print

Re: Compiling grub2 on *BSD?

2008-01-28 Thread jakllsch
On Sun, Jan 27, 2008 at 09:56:50AM +0100, Robert Millan wrote: > On Sat, Jan 26, 2008 at 12:11:48PM -0800, walt wrote: > > > What is the problem initially? > > > > kernel_img-kern_device.o: In function `grub_device_iterate': > > ../kern/device.c:84: undefined reference to `__enable_execute_stack'

Re: [PATCH] a.out kernel loader

2008-01-28 Thread jakllsch
On Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 06:37:16AM -0800, walt wrote: > > When I type 'boot' after loading the netbsd kernel with multiboot, the > machine reboots instantly instead of starting the OS. > > Any ideas? > I've encountered this in qemu where it tells you you are executing code outside ram/rom at the

Re: [PATCH] a.out kernel loader

2008-01-29 Thread jakllsch
On Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 03:20:12PM +0800, Bean wrote: > On Jan 29, 2008 3:11 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 06:37:16AM -0800, walt wrote: > > > > > > When I type 'boot' after loading the netbsd kernel with multiboot, the > > > machine reboots instantly instead of starti

Re: Compiling grub2 on *BSD?

2008-01-29 Thread jakllsch
On Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 02:47:07PM +0100, Robert Millan wrote: > On Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 11:30:51PM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Sun, Jan 27, 2008 at 09:56:50AM +0100, Robert Millan wrote: > > > On Sat, Jan 26, 2008 at 12:11:48PM -0800, walt wrote: > > > > > What is the problem initially?

Re: Compiling grub2 on *BSD?

2008-01-30 Thread jakllsch
On Wed, Jan 30, 2008 at 11:06:50AM -0800, walt wrote: > > You can tell I'm desperate because I'm putting -lgcc everywhere I can > think of. Here is the symbol in libgcc.a: I (like I found in pkgsrc-wip/grub2) am using a fake __enable_execute_stack(), -lgcc isn't necessary. Jonathan Koll

kernel arguments in multiboot2?

2008-02-02 Thread jakllsch
Hi, Are there any plans for a kernel command line tag in the multiboot2 draft? Jonathan Kollasch pgpH0XPRdJ8zt.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel

Re: kernel arguments in multiboot2?

2008-02-02 Thread jakllsch
On Sat, Feb 02, 2008 at 08:29:48PM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > Are there any plans for a kernel command line tag > in the multiboot2 draft? Oh, there it is. Nevermind. Jonathan Kollasch pgpjAhRdmAzUO.pgp Description: PGP signature

multiboot2 vs. grub2 implementation

2008-02-03 Thread jakllsch
Hi, In the course of actually trying to use the MultibootDraft, I've discovered some places where the draft and the grub2 implementation differ. * Multiboot Information Tags * Start Tag The Draft says key is 0x, grub2 says 0x0001. * Boot Loader Name tag is different The Draft say

Re: multiboot2 vs. grub2 implementation

2008-02-05 Thread jakllsch
On Sun, Feb 03, 2008 at 09:11:23AM -0800, walt wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Hi, >> >> In the course of actually trying to use the MultibootDraft, I've >> discovered >> some places where the draft and the grub2 implementation differ... > > Hi Jonathan, > > Are you using grub2/cvs with or wi