[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] RE: [Xen-devel] xen,bproc and grub
> > > > We wrote a patch to add multiboot support to kexec (that's how > > > > Xenoboot works). It was submitted to the kexec > maintainer, but I > > > > don't know whether it was accepted or not. > > > http://www.tjd.phlegethon.org/software/kexec-multiboot.patch > > argh, it seems to be using real-mode for booting, and it > seems multiboot specs seems to assume existence of pcbios. > > i guess the right way will be just to strop xen.gz of all 16 > bit code and have it loaded and started in 32 bit mode. In > that way kexec could treat xen like elf32-x86 type file. I forget the context of what you're trying to do. With Tim's multiboot patch, kexec is able to 'boot' into xen just fine. I think Tim has recently been looking at how we could roll a xen and dom0 image into a static multiboot file that is then wrapped to appear like a standard linux bzImage. Ian ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Sybase ASE Linux Express Edition - download now for FREE LinuxWorld Reader's Choice Award Winner for best database on Linux. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_idU88&alloc_id065&op=click _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xen-devel
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