Finished basic loading support.

ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+1999-03-22  Gordon Matzigkeit  <gord@trick.fig.org>
+
+	* shared_src/cmdline.c (enter_cmdline): Check the return value of
+	set_device in the `root' command.
+
+	* shared_src/char_io.c (memcheck): Special-case cur_part_desc and
+	reenable memory checking.
+
 1999-03-21  Gordon Matzigkeit  <gord@trick.fig.org>
 
 	* shared_src/boot.c (load_image): Make sure we use the mapped

debian/README.debian

@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ edit configuration files or rerun a special installation program.
 NOTE: GRUB does not yet have a simple installation mechanism, but
 we're working on this, so please don't report it as a bug.  Until
 then, read the documentation (starting with docs/grub.html or
-docs/install.html), and use the binary files in /usr/share/grub.
+docs/install.html), and copy the binary files in /share/grub/$(HWARCH)
+to /boot/grub.
+
+WARNING: Never use the binary files in /share/grub directly
+(i.e. without first copying them to /boot/grub), or else your system
+will break the next time you upgrade.
 
 Gordon Matzigkeit <gord@debian.org>, Sat, 13 Mar 1999 17:30:29 -0600

shared_src/boot.c

@@ -365,9 +365,9 @@ load_image (void)
 	      /* offset into file */
 	      filepos = phdr->p_offset;
 	      filesiz = phdr->p_filesz;
-	      memaddr = phdr->p_vaddr;
+	      memaddr = RAW_ADDR (phdr->p_vaddr);
 	      memsiz = phdr->p_memsz;
-	      if (memaddr < 0x100000)
+	      if (memaddr < RAW_ADDR (0x100000))
 		errnum = ERR_BELOW_1MB;
 	      /* make sure we only load what we're supposed to! */
 	      if (filesiz > memsiz)

shared_src/char_io.c

@@ -563,18 +563,24 @@ strstr (char *s1, char *s2)
 int
 memcheck (int start, int len)
 {
-  /* FIXME: Don't bother checking memory for now, since our globals
-     are out of range. */
-#ifndef GRUB_UTIL
+#ifdef GRUB_UTIL
+  /* FIXME: cur_part_desc is the only global variable that we bcopy
+     to.  We should fix this so that we don't need a special case
+     (i.e. so that it lives on the stack, or somewhere inside
+     grub_scratch_mem). */
+  extern char cur_part_desc[];
+  if (start >= (int) cur_part_desc && start + len <= (int) cur_part_desc + 16)
+    return ! errnum;
+#endif /* GRUB_UTIL */
+
   if ((start < RAW_ADDR (0x1000)) ||
       (start < RAW_ADDR (0x100000) &&
        RAW_ADDR (mbi.mem_lower * 1024) < (start + len)) ||
       (start >= RAW_ADDR (0x100000) &&
        RAW_ADDR (mbi.mem_upper * 1024) < ((start - 0x100000) + len)))
     errnum = ERR_WONT_FIT;
-#endif /* GRUB_UTIL */
 
-  return (!errnum);
+  return ! errnum;
 }
 
 

shared_src/cmdline.c

@@ -284,28 +284,33 @@ returnit:
   else if (substring("root", cur_heap) < 1)
     {
       int hdbias = 0;
-      char *biasptr = skip_to(0, set_device(cur_cmdline));
+      char *next_cmd = set_device (cur_cmdline);
 
-      /* this will respond to any "rootn<XXX>" command,
-	 but that's OK */
-      if (!errnum && (cur_heap[4] == 'n' || open_device()
-		      || errnum == ERR_FSYS_MOUNT))
+      if (next_cmd)
 	{
-	  errnum = 0;
-	  saved_partition = current_partition;
-	  saved_drive = current_drive;
+	  char *biasptr = skip_to (0, next_cmd);
 
-	  if (cur_heap[4] != 'n')
+	  /* this will respond to any "rootn<XXX>" command,
+	     but that's OK */
+	  if (!errnum && (cur_heap[4] == 'n' || open_device()
+			  || errnum == ERR_FSYS_MOUNT))
 	    {
-	      /* BSD and chainloading evil hacks !! */
-	      safe_parse_maxint(&biasptr, &hdbias);
 	      errnum = 0;
-	      bootdev = set_bootdev(hdbias);
+	      saved_partition = current_partition;
+	      saved_drive = current_drive;
 
-	      print_fsys_type();
+	      if (cur_heap[4] != 'n')
+		{
+		  /* BSD and chainloading evil hacks !! */
+		  safe_parse_maxint(&biasptr, &hdbias);
+		  errnum = 0;
+		  bootdev = set_bootdev(hdbias);
+
+		  print_fsys_type();
+		}
+	      else
+		current_drive = -1;
 	    }
-	  else
-	    current_drive = -1;
 	}
     }
   else if (substring("kernel", cur_heap) < 1)

shared_src/disk_io.c

@@ -385,7 +385,9 @@ check_BSD_parts (int flags)
 
 
 #if !defined(STAGE1_5) || !defined(NO_BLOCK_FILES)
-static char cur_part_desc[16];
+/* This isn't static, because the GRUB utility's char_io.c (memcheck)
+   needs to know about it as a special case. */
+char cur_part_desc[16];
 
 static int
 real_open_partition (int flags)