Supporting extension ROMs and beyond...

[ron minnich]

On Fri, 8 Aug 2003, Adam Agnew wrote:

for example;
> linuxBIOS ->
> 	VGA Search and Init ROM ELF

	with its own printk, etc?

> 	<- Back to linuxBIOS
> linuxBIOS ->

	with its own printk, etc?

> 	Polled IDE & File Systems Support ELF

> 	Success:
> 	-> Linux
> 	Failure
> 	<- Back to LinuxBIOS
> LinuxBIOS ->

	with its own printk, etc?

> 	Etherboot tftp boot ELF
> 	Success:
> 	-> Linux
> 	Failure
> 	<- Back to LinuxBIOS
> LinuxBIOS ->

	with its own printk, etc?

> 	Last Ditch Effort Floppy Boot ELF

	with its own printk, etc?

> 	Success:
> 	-> Linux
> 	Failure
> 	<- Back to LinuxBIOS

I just don't see this as the best approach. If we're going to have some 
flexibilty in boot modules, why not just compile them in in a flexible 
way, as opposed to building them all separately? What's the advantage?

ron