Re: [LinuxBIOS] [PATCH][v3] Support for multiple LinuxBIOS payloads

[Uwe Hermann]

On Wed, Aug 29, 2007 at 01:36:27AM -0500, Corey Osgood wrote:
> Peter Stuge wrote:
> > On Tue, Aug 28, 2007 at 11:51:08AM -0700, ron minnich wrote:
> > > fallback/preboot should probably not exist, as in fallback we want
> > > minimal features.
> >
> > Someone will probably want it.
> >
> > //Peter
>
> Especially if the fallback requirement still stands, otherwise it would 
> be nearly impossible to use lbmenu+kernel in flash, and I'm sure someone 
> will want that at some point.

ACK.

I don't really see the big picture when it comes to normal/fallback.
Can't this feature be implemented without any special-case code, just
using a generic multi-payload mechanism? Fallback being just a normal
payload like any other then?

Uwe.