Re: efi platform and multiboot kernel

[Andrei E. Warkentin]

Well, the mbi struct could have had a firmware type and firmware  
context pointer defined or something of the sort. This would also play  
nice with Multiboot on OF environments, without resorting to ugly  
hacks like always passing the OF entry in a GPR on entry.


18.06.2008, в 1:27, Bean написал(а):

> On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 4:32 AM, David Holloway  
> <address@hidden> wrote:
> > I've just edumacated myself about how the platforms are defined.
> >
> > Let me get this straight, the efi platform does not yet support  
> > loading a
> > multiboot kernel?
> >
> > I'm working with embedded kernels here, not just Linux.
>
> Hi,
>
> It's not difficult to add multiboot support, but the question is, can
> they support efi ? In linux, we can pass the efi system table using
> boot parameter, but there is no such thing in multiboot, so the kernel
> need to be able to access hardware directly after taking over.
>
> --
> Bean
>
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