hpa's bootloader

Martynas Kunigelis (qplmaku@lu.erisoft.se)
Thu, 02 Sep 1999 09:04:08 +0200


On Wed, 1 Sep 1999, Linus Torvalds wrote:

> Talk to Peter Anvin. He's doing this 32-bit bootloader thing that can
> actually do a complete re-link, and essentially give you all the
> advantages of modules with none of the disadvantages (ie no runtime
> overhead in the TLB etc).

> He also has an extremely cool splash-screen right now. Whether he's > ready
> to release yet or not is another matter.

Damnit, why just when I start designing _my_ kickass 32 bit bootloader
(with a kickass spalsh screen, damnit!), someone who is much much more
competent than me has to be doing the same thing (much better,
presumably)?

Life sucks.

Martynas

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