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robertmh
dbb475a441 2008-01-23 Robert Millan <rmh@aybabtu.com>
* conf/i386-ieee1275.rmk (kernel_elf_SOURCES): Add `machine/loader.h'
        and `machine/memory.h'.
        (pkglib_MODULES): Add `multiboot.mod' and `_multiboot.mod'.
        (_multiboot_mod_SOURCES): New variable.
        (_multiboot_mod_CFLAGS): Likewise.
        (_multiboot_mod_LDFLAGS): Likewise.
        (multiboot_mod_SOURCES): Likewise.
        (multiboot_mod_CFLAGS): Likewise.
        (multiboot_mod_LDFLAGS): Likewise.

        * include/grub/i386/ieee1275/loader.h: New file.

        * include/grub/i386/ieee1275/machine.h: Likewise.

        * include/grub/i386/ieee1275/memory.h: Likewise.

        * include/grub/i386/pc/init.h (grub_os_area_addr): Remove (redundant)
        variable declaration.
        (grub_os_area_size): Likewise.

        * kern/i386/ieee1275/init.c (grub_os_area_addr, grub_os_area_size)
        (grub_lower_mem, grub_upper_mem): New variables.
        (grub_stop_floppy): New function (just to make
        grub_multiboot2_real_boot() happy).

        * kern/i386/ieee1275/startup.S: Include `<grub/machine/memory.h>',
        `<grub/cpu/linux.h>', `<multiboot.h>' and `<multiboot2.h>'.
        (grub_stop): New function.
        Include `"../realmode.S"' and `"../loader.S"'.

        * loader/multiboot_loader.c: Include `<grub/machine/machine.h>'.
        Replace `__i386__' #ifdefs with `GRUB_MACHINE_PCBIOS'.

        * loader/powerpc/ieee1275/multiboot2.c (grub_mb2_arch_boot): On i386,
        rely on grub_multiboot2_real_boot() for final boot.
2008-01-23 09:57:26 +00:00
jerone
e5dfe7775a This patch is to introduce multiboot 2 loading capabilities to grub2
for powerpc & i386-pc. This patch was more so started by Hollis
Blanchard getting multiboot 2 working for powerpc and I added to it
and cleaned it up.

One of the ideas with this patch is to keep everything under one
command for the user. So instead of having a "multiboot2" & "module2"
command, I created a proxy like mechanism so that you have only one
command for both multiboot 1 & 2 ... "multiboot". This is where
"loader/multiboot_loader.c" comes from. I could have integrated things
more but I figure the current approach will less likely break
anything.

So if your OS is multiboot 2 capable, the user would do the following
to load it up from a grub prompt:

grub> multiboot <location of kernel> <kernel args>
grub> module <some image> <multiboot tag> <image arguments>
grub> module <isome mage> <multiboot tag> <image arguments>
grub .....


The other thing that this patch does is it begins to make the
multiboot 1 code a bit more architecture agnostic so IF someone wanted
to implement it on another architecture they can.

A bit of file moving around and definition renaming is also apart of
this patch. I have also taken the time to make sure that it does not
break multiboot 1 loading on i386-pc. But mulitboot 2 may still need a
little more testing and work for i386-pc. Powerpc multiboot 2 has been
heavily tested and does work.
2007-07-25 00:44:03 +00:00