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Re: [PATCH] a.out support for multiboot and freebsd


From: Bean
Subject: Re: [PATCH] a.out support for multiboot and freebsd
Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:41:23 +0800

On Feb 17, 2008 2:29 AM, Bean <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Feb 17, 2008 2:12 AM, walt <address@hidden> wrote:
> >
> > On Sun, 2008-02-17 at 00:43 +0800, Bean wrote:
> > > ...
> > > Anyway, i think the bsd module should be fine, here is the whole
> > > patch, if nobody objects, i would like to commit it soon...
> >
> > I vote yes, thanks.  I can boot freebsd directly, openbsd directly,
> > netbsd directly or using multiboot.  The only problem is that 'aout'
> > doesn't appear as one of the commands I can choose, so I couldn't
> > try it.  When I used grub-mkimage I included aout.mod -- should that
> > be needed in addition to bsd.mod?
> >
> > Great work, Bean, thanks.
>
> aout is shared code for a.out support, bsd module use it to load the
> a.out format kernel (/boot/loader in freebsd). you don't need to
> specify it directly, grub-mkimage can figure out bsd depend on aout
> and load it automatically.

Committed.

-- 
Bean




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