Messages in this thread | | | From | Werner Almesberger <> | Subject | Re: Kernels > 1M | Date | Tue, 10 Aug 1999 02:47:23 +0200 (MET DST) |
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H. Peter Anvin wrote: > Well, the thing is that if you don't have access to the BIOS anyhow, > then you're really down to the stuff you can do out of initrd anyhow
Which is pretty much everything you need to retrieve and boot a Linux kernel ... Obviously, boot manager functionality is lacking here, so for this, you need to have LILO or such.
> Either way, what I'm trying to accomplish with lbcon is different --
I think it's a great idea to have a better execution and development environment than what I use for LILO (16 bit assembler is a pain).
I'm just sceptical about the code replication issues. Also, it seems that the good old days of file system heterogenity are coming back again, so FS-specific code will be tricky (assuming you read file systems without using the LILO approach of mapping them before use).
Well, I'm busy with other things right now, but I hope to find time to do some hacking on a "boot next kernel" component in about a month. Then we'll see if it's a good or a bad idea.
- Werner
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