Re: Grub for ia64

[Tristan Gingold]

On Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 07:43:26PM +0800, Mao, Bibo wrote:
> On IA64 module supporting is very complicated, I do not know whether
> Grub2 can provide configuration file to compile command module with 
> both compile-in mode or module mode.
> 
> If commands are compiled with compile-in mode, then there may be only
> one image and there is no need to relocate module.
Hi,

the code to relocate is used by grub to relocate itself.  On EFI systems
programs can be loaded at any address (physical mode).

Wether or not modules should be supported on ia64 (or EFI systems) is a good
question.  IMHO, modules are an bios-x86 ism.

Tristan.