* Carl-Daniel Hailfinger c-d.hailfinger.devel.2006@gmx.net [070828 17:47]:
On 28.08.2007 17:26, ron minnich wrote:
On 8/28/07, Stefan Reinauer stepan@coresystems.de wrote:
- Carl-Daniel Hailfinger c-d.hailfinger.devel.2006@gmx.net [070828 01:54]:
What about creating directories for each payload so we can differentiate between multiple payloads (in the original sense)?
Yes, I would prefer something like that, too
done. normal/payload/segment0 normal/payload/segment1 etc.
OK, so I was unclear. The idea was to number the payloads as well, not only the segments.
I think that is something that Uwe's patch will solve?
We simply could reserve some space at the end of the header and use that for future extensions without having to change a version number. Only if the extension needs changes in earlier fields of the struct we would have to change the MAGIC.
Since lar is part of LinuxBIOS v3, let's just use the lar version that comes with it, and bundle the tool with the image in a tgz, or at least mention the svn revision in the readme.
Interoperability between different lar versions seems to be the quest for finding the best method of shooting yourself in the foot. Definitely a big issue and you can spend a looot of time on getting it done right.
Stefan