Subject: CVS commit: src
To: None <source-changes@NetBSD.org>
From: Julio M. Merino Vidal <jmmv@netbsd.org>
List: source-changes
Date: 02/03/2006 11:08:24
Module Name:	src
Committed By:	jmmv
Date:		Fri Feb  3 11:08:24 UTC 2006

Modified Files:
	src/distrib/sets/lists/comp: md.i386
	src/distrib/sets/lists/man: mi
	src/doc: CHANGES
	src/share/man/man4: options.4
	src/share/man/man8/man8.i386: Makefile
	src/sys/arch/i386/conf: GENERIC GENERIC_LAPTOP files.i386
	src/sys/arch/i386/i386: locore.S machdep.c
	src/sys/arch/i386/include: Makefile
	src/sys/arch/x86/include: bootinfo.h
	src/sys/arch/x86/x86: consinit.c x86_autoconf.c
Added Files:
	src/share/man/man8/man8.i386: multiboot.8
	src/sys/arch/i386/i386: multiboot.c
	src/sys/arch/i386/include: multiboot.h

Log Message:
Implement support for 'The Multiboot Specification' so that i386 kernels
can be booted directly from Multiboot-compliant boot loaders (e.g. GRUB).
See the added multiboot(8) manual page for more information.

No objections in tech-kern@; only positive comments.


To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -r1.87 -r1.88 src/distrib/sets/lists/comp/md.i386
cvs rdiff -r1.849 -r1.850 src/distrib/sets/lists/man/mi
cvs rdiff -r1.570 -r1.571 src/doc/CHANGES
cvs rdiff -r1.307 -r1.308 src/share/man/man4/options.4
cvs rdiff -r1.17 -r1.18 src/share/man/man8/man8.i386/Makefile
cvs rdiff -r0 -r1.1 src/share/man/man8/man8.i386/multiboot.8
cvs rdiff -r1.722 -r1.723 src/sys/arch/i386/conf/GENERIC
cvs rdiff -r1.170 -r1.171 src/sys/arch/i386/conf/GENERIC_LAPTOP
cvs rdiff -r1.276 -r1.277 src/sys/arch/i386/conf/files.i386
cvs rdiff -r1.36 -r1.37 src/sys/arch/i386/i386/locore.S
cvs rdiff -r1.569 -r1.570 src/sys/arch/i386/i386/machdep.c
cvs rdiff -r0 -r1.1 src/sys/arch/i386/i386/multiboot.c
cvs rdiff -r1.29 -r1.30 src/sys/arch/i386/include/Makefile
cvs rdiff -r0 -r1.1 src/sys/arch/i386/include/multiboot.h
cvs rdiff -r1.10 -r1.11 src/sys/arch/x86/include/bootinfo.h
cvs rdiff -r1.8 -r1.9 src/sys/arch/x86/x86/consinit.c
cvs rdiff -r1.5 -r1.6 src/sys/arch/x86/x86/x86_autoconf.c

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