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Re: multiboot2 vs. grub2 implementation
From: |
Robert Millan |
Subject: |
Re: multiboot2 vs. grub2 implementation |
Date: |
Wed, 6 Feb 2008 17:48:34 +0100 |
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Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) |
On Sun, Feb 03, 2008 at 10:39:33AM -0600, address@hidden 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.
>
> * Multiboot Information Tags
> * Start Tag
> The Draft says key is 0x0000, grub2 says 0x0001.
> * Boot Loader Name tag is different
> The Draft says 0x0001, grub2 says 0x0002.
> * Module/Kernel Tags
> These tags seem to have different keys and different data formats
> than the draft indicates.
> * Memory Map Tag
> Does not seem to be implemented.
Bean just committed his fix. Please, can you check if this addressed all
the discordances?
> The entry physical address field [...]
I think that was fixed as well. Could you check?
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Re: multiboot2 vs. grub2 implementation,
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