Re: [Xen-ia64-devel] Grub for ia64

[Tristan Gingold <Tristan.Gingold@xxxxxxxx>]

Le Jeudi 07 Septembre 2006 21:07, Bjorn Helgaas a écrit :
> On Tuesday 05 September 2006 05:45, Tristan Gingold wrote:
> > here is my port of grub to ia64.  I hope it has all the requested
> > features (kernel, initrd, modules, relocation and fpswa).
> >
> > This is a port of grub 1.94, which is not the legacy grub used by x86. 
> > The syntax is slightly different.  See an attached example.
> >
> > Attached is grub.efi, patch and grub.cfg example as well as modifications
> > for Xen (to support acm).
> >
> > Tested in many configurations (including acm).
> >
> > I will post the patches to grub-devel later.
>
> You might copy linux-ia64@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, too.
Ok.

> How does this grub port relate to elilo?
I have copied a few low-level files from elilo.

>  Does grub support
> all the features (e.g., netboot) of elilo?
netboot is not supported.  It should be as soon as grub supports it!

>  Do you envision
> using grub only for xen? 
grub also works for linux.

> Do you want grub to replace elilo
> in general?
This is not my concern.  Distribs choose

Tristan.

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