lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2012]   [Mar]   [24]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
    /
    Date
    From
    SubjectRe: [PATCH] ACPI: Implement overriding of arbitrary ACPI tables via initrd
    On 03/23/2012 08:02 PM, Thomas Renninger wrote:
    > Whatabout Multiboot(2):
    > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiboot_Specification
    > http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/multiboot/multiboot.html
    >
    > They do it similar to 2, but without specifying the data of the
    > files like you do with type.
    >
    > It's a bigger thing, but I could imagine there are some guys who would
    > be willing to give it a try. I remember I googled a multiboot patch
    > which got submitted to lkml long time ago.
    >
    > It has it pros and cons, but should show up in such a discussion.
    >

    Unfortunately Multiboot is defective in way too many ways, beginning
    with its insistence of entering past the firmware point of no return,
    which means the bootloader has to do a lot of work (this has been proven
    to be a nonworkable solution) and no support for relocation.

    So that is not an option.

    -hpa




    \
     
     \ /
      Last update: 2012-03-24 05:45    [W:2.689 / U:0.968 seconds]
    ©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site