Re: mkvmlinuz, boot-loaders and powerpc kernels.
On Sat, 19 Jun 2004 12:43:17 +0200, Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr> said:
> One idea you had, Jens, was to write our own little script, provided
> by mkvmlinuz or something else, which would then automatically be
> called by kernel-package generated postinst for _all_ powerpc
> cases. This would be :
> pmac_oldworld -> quik pmac_newworld + chrp_yaboot -> yaboot other
> chrps + prep -> mkvmlinuz stuff.
> So, this bootloader script would be automatically called by the
> kernel-package generated postinst, i can provide a patch for this,
> it would be depended (or predepended ?) on by the resulting
> kernel-image package, and at install time, detect the subarch, check
> the user preference in the debconf database, and do the needed magic
> for it working right.
This should be easy enough to add in as the default
boot loader for powerpc arches. Traditionally, kernel-image packages
have not depended on specific boot loaders, since there are
legitimate cases where non-traditional boot methods have been used
(grub floppies, for example).
manoj
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