Re: Move loader.c out of the kernel

[phcoder]

Yoshinori K. Okuji wrote:
> On Sunday 22 March 2009 22:06:36 phcoder wrote:
> > Yoshinori K. Okuji wrote:
> > > On Sunday 22 March 2009 21:48:21 phcoder wrote:
> > > > Hello. Now when boot command isn't in kernel anymore I don't see why
> > > > loader.c stays in kernel. Here is the patch to move it to boot.mod
> > > This is not useful in reality, because the loader interface needs to be
> > > pre-loaded into core.img anyway.
> > Why? I successfully tested core.img with just pc fat and biosdisk
> > modules integrated. It loads boot.mod just fine and boots linux and
> > multiboot with no problem
>
> Try the rescue mode with no extra module loaded. If the core.img does not have 
> any loader, it is useless.
If it's unable to read FS then it can't boot much anyway. If it's it can 
load modules from its own partition. The only use I see is when grub 
partition is corrupted but OS one is intact and you already have FS 
driver for root in grub2.
Alternatively commands/boot.c can be a part of minicmd

> Okuji
>
> >  > Note that the more you split code into
> > > modules, the more the size of core.img is, as long as they are all
> > > pre-loaded.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Okuji
> > >
> > >
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