diff -x CVS -ur ../grub2/kern/elf.c ./kern/elf.c
--- ../grub2/kern/elf.c	2007-07-22 01:32:26.000000000 +0200
+++ ./kern/elf.c	2008-01-16 23:43:17.000000000 +0100
@@ -160,6 +160,8 @@
 		    (unsigned long) phdr->p_paddr,
 		    (unsigned long) phdr->p_memsz,
 		    (unsigned long) phdr->p_filesz);
+      grub_printf ("grub_elf32_phdr_iterate: going to call hook=%p using hook_arg=%p as hook\n", hook, hook_arg);
+
       if (hook (elf, phdr, hook_arg))
 	break;
     }
@@ -230,6 +232,7 @@
       return 0;
 
     load_addr = phdr->p_paddr;
+    grub_printf ("grub_elf32_load_segment: going to call load_hook=%p\n", load_hook);
     if (load_hook && load_hook (phdr, &load_addr))
       return 1;
 
@@ -271,6 +274,8 @@
     return 0;
   }
 
+  grub_printf ("grub_elf32_load: going to call grub_elf32_phdr_iterate using grub_elf32_load_segment=%p as hook, and _load_hook=%p as hook's hook\n", grub_elf32_load_segment, _load_hook);
+
   err = grub_elf32_phdr_iterate (_elf, grub_elf32_load_segment, _load_hook);
 
   if (base)
diff -x CVS -ur ../grub2/loader/i386/pc/multiboot2.c ./loader/i386/pc/multiboot2.c
--- ../grub2/loader/i386/pc/multiboot2.c	2007-07-25 02:44:02.000000000 +0200
+++ ./loader/i386/pc/multiboot2.c	2008-01-16 23:48:40.000000000 +0100
@@ -27,7 +27,12 @@
 grub_err_t
 grub_mb2_arch_elf32_hook (Elf32_Phdr *phdr, UNUSED grub_addr_t *addr)
 {
-  Elf32_Addr paddr = phdr->p_paddr;
+  Elf32_Addr paddr;
+
+  grub_printf ("success! we reached grub_mb2_arch_elf32_hook\n");
+  while (1);
+
+  paddr = phdr->p_paddr;
 
   if ((paddr < grub_os_area_addr)
       || (paddr + phdr->p_memsz > grub_os_area_addr + grub_os_area_size))
diff -x CVS -ur ../grub2/loader/multiboot2.c ./loader/multiboot2.c
--- ../grub2/loader/multiboot2.c	2007-07-25 02:44:02.000000000 +0200
+++ ./loader/multiboot2.c	2008-01-16 23:42:17.000000000 +0100
@@ -279,6 +279,7 @@
   if (grub_elf_is_elf32 (elf))
     {
       entry = elf->ehdr.ehdr32.e_entry;
+      grub_printf ("grub_mb2_load_elf: going to call grub_elf32_load using grub_mb2_arch_elf32_hook=%p as hook\n", grub_mb2_arch_elf32_hook);
       err = grub_elf32_load (elf, grub_mb2_arch_elf32_hook, &kern_base,
 			     &kern_size);
     }