[coreboot] Multiboot support

Ward Vandewege ward at gnu.org
Tue Sep 9 21:28:39 CEST 2008


On Tue, Sep 09, 2008 at 01:24:44PM -0600, Jordan Crouse wrote:
> > What advantages does Multiboot have over storing the parsed kernel in
> > the LAR? Will Multiboot make SELF obsolete before it's even introduced?
> > How about the ELF loader already in coreboot v3?
> 
> There is no one true load method.  If Robert is willing to do the work,
> then it is something that should be considered.  It makes nothing 
> obsolete and it makes coreboot more useful.  It is hard to object
> to that.

Particularly if you consider how widespread use of multiboot is.

Thanks,
Ward.

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Ward Vandewege <ward at fsf.org>
Free Software Foundation - Senior Systems Administrator




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