Re: [Patch] remove bsd asm helper functions

[phcoder]

Hello. Now I noticed that the helper are still necessary when booting 
i386 kernel on efi-x86_64. I would like this code to be uniform accross 
i386 branches so please don't commit this patch it will be soon 
superseed by my next work
phcoder wrote:
> Sorry, forgot changelog entry. Here it is:
> 2009-02-11  Vladimir Serbinenko  <address@hidden>
>
>     Move BSD helper out of kernel
>
>     * conf/i386-pc.rmk: Add loader/i386/bsd_helper.S to _bsd.mod
>     * kern/i386/loader.S: Removed BSD helpers
>     * include/grub/i386/loader.h: Removed declaration of
>     grub_unix_real_boot
>     * loader/i386/bsd.c (grub_freebsd_boot): Replaced call to
>     grub_unix_real_boot by direct call of kernel
>     (grub_netbsd_boot): Likewise
>     (grub_openbsd_boot): Likewise
>
> phcoder wrote:
> > Hello. Asm helper functions for bsd aren't really needed. Actually BSD 
> > entry point may be called directly as cdecl function. With this 
> > approach theese helper functions don't take place in kernel anymore. 
> > Tested with freebsd, openbsd and netbsd. However my tests were limited 
> > to launching kernel and see if it complains about not being able to 
> > mount root. Can someone test it with complete system?
> > Thanks
> > Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko


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Regards
Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko