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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/4] Add multiboot support (x86) v2


From: François Revol
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/4] Add multiboot support (x86) v2
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:35:43 +0200 CEST

> > The loader can likey detect it anyway. If multiboot is used it
> > should't
> > need to call the BIOS to read the kernel anyway. It's just a
> > different
> > code path.
>
> Detecting shouldn't be problem, you have the multiboot magic in eax.
> I
> thought you would need the BIOS anyway (e.g. for VESA, as you
> mentioned
> yourself). If you don't or you can use VM86 instead, it's going to be
> much simpler, of course.

Not from the bootloader IIRC, but well, I've other pending stuff first.

François.




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