Re: Two SoC ideas

[coly]

Chen:

For the first idea, it is clear to me. I have no comment on it.
For the second idea, I need more information. Can you explain more for
the limition of "modaddr value" command, and how can the limition to be
broken out by the "addr = value" option ?

Thanks.

Coly


在 2007-03-24六的 01:30 +0800，Wei Shen写道：
> Thanks for your advice.
> 
> On 3/24/07, colyli <address@hidden> wrote: 
>         Chen:
>         
>         In grub command line, you can edit the configre (even
>         mistaken), so
>         maybe it will not be worth to add an edit in grub.
>  
> I do not mean the configure of Grub menu list, but the config files of
> the OS, like boot.ini of Windows and inittab of Linux.
> 
>         An option to set the start address for grub to load multiboot
>         module is
>         great. This option will make kernel guys (who use multiboot
>         modules) to 
>         initiate the kernel more easy. I remember a branch of grub for
>         L4 kernel
>         supports this option, maybe it can be a reference if you are
>         interested
>         in.
>  
> I know this approach, however, instead of an option, they add a new
> command modaddr. A limitation is that all modules after the "modaddr
> value" will be loaded in succession to a overriding address below
> address value.
> 
>         Best regards.
>         
>         Coly
>         
>         
>         在 2007-03-23五的 23:46 +0800，Wei Shen写道：
>         > Hi,
>         >
>         > I have two ideas and wonder whether they are welcome as SoC
>         projects. 
>         >
>         > 1) Simple file editing
>         > I think it is useful to add file edit function to Grub.
>         Thus, if a
>         > config file which is required to boot the OS successfully is
>         > mistakenly written, we can still correct it in Grub and need
>         not to 
>         > reboot from the floppy or cdrom just for the correcting.
>         >
>         > I know it would greately increase the complexity of Grub to
>         support a
>         > writable file system. However, if file writing does not
>         change the 
>         > block number of a file, things are much simpler. Since most
>         config
>         > files are small (occupying only one block), I think the
>         solution will
>         > work.
>         >
>         > 2) addr option for module command
>         >
>         > Add nn option: "addr = value" to the module command. If the
>         addr
>         > option is specified, Grub will load the module to address
>         value
>         > instead of the default address.
>         >
>         > Regards, 
>         >
>         > Wei Shen
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