grub and DiskOnChip devices.

[Todd Denniston]

Hello,
when I looked through the notes in the source and the grub2 (and grub) website 
I did not see anything indicating that either of the current unpatched 
releases of grub could work with a DiskOnChip flash device.
This was a little surprising considering there have been supposedly working 
patches[1] since November 2003. Did I miss something?

It looks like Okuji believed at one time[2] ilgiz had not gotten the 
assignment forms done, but ilgiz later[3] indicated ilgiz had gotten the forms 
in and had received FSF confirmation. Also dwmw2 indicated[4] his assignment 
forms were in for his changes.

Are there other reasons that the patches never got included in grub?

Is there any reason other than the assignment forms, that the concepts (and 
hopefully _some_ of the working code) from the patches can't be incorporated 
into grub2?

Are there ways to confirm with folks at the FSF that the assignment forms are 
done?

If you had not noticed, I would really have liked to have been able to use a 
grub instead of lilo with this device.


[1] http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailitem&item_id=505#comment8

[2] http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailitem&item_id=505#comment10
[3] http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailitem&item_id=505#comment11
[4] http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailitem&item_id=505#comment3

Thanks for your time.
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Todd Denniston
Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC Crane)
Harnessing the Power of Technology for the Warfighter