1.1 development release targets.
Steve Gehlbach
steve at nexpath.com
Wed Apr 16 23:20:01 CEST 2003
>
>>Does linuxbios in the current version support elfboot images from ide/floppy
>>(directly, without etherboot)? I guess if it does I don't see it.
>
> Yes. The switch on the ``rom loader'' is the same on code, for
> either the elf loader or the other one.
>
Thanks, I guess I never tried it since I needed to fiddle with the zero
page parameters.
>
>>One issue I have with elfboot images is the inability to dynamically pass
>>parameters to the zero page (specifically the vga cursor location). I understand
>>the idea of not locking the boot mechanism into the bios, but there are pros and
>>cons.
>
>
> As ron mentioned putting enough information in the LinuxBIOS table so
> the code in mkelfImage can properly position the vga cursor location is
> straight forward.
>
I don't understand. Which linuxbios table are you referring to? Is
this a proposal or currently implemented?
-Steve
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