Re: Multiboot-compliant x84-64 Kernel?

[Marco Gerards]

"Alita Friedrichsen" <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi Marco!
>
>> There are plans for a new multiboot.
>
> Oh, that sounds good. Protect the Multiboot information structure from
> overwriting ist a realy hard job.
>
>> This is all for GRUB 2.  For GRUB Legacy this just won't happen, I
>> think.
>
> But how log does it take before I can use it? GRUB Legacy comes with every
> new Linux distribution. Thats is realy cool, so that the current Multiboot
> Specification is a Standard that works. I don't want to break with that
> Standard. Are there any Multiboot-compliant x86-64 Kernels out there? If
> yes, how do do they that?

You could have a look at the archives of the list.  IIRC there was a
patch for 64 bits ELFs that was applied to GRUB 2.  That is for the
current multiboot.  Perhaps that's enough for you.

--
Marco