Johannes Erdfelt wrote:
> >
> > I have been working on that... however, that's a much bigger step, and I
> > don't think it's time for that yet.
> >
> > vmlinux (.gz) in the current form would not be appropriate for booting
> > on i386 though. The kernel needs a "setup" that runs in 16-bit real
> > mode.
>
> What about EFI? Is it worth it to do this when it looks like people are
> moving to more sophisticated boot shell?
>
Hah. I'll believe it when I see it.
-hpa
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