From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG  Mon Mar 28 12:04:38 2011
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG>
Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECF6B106568A
	for <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>; Mon, 28 Mar 2011 12:04:38 +0000 (UTC)
	(envelope-from avg@freebsd.org)
Received: from citadel.icyb.net.ua (citadel.icyb.net.ua [212.40.38.140])
	by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 257FC8FC12
	for <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>; Mon, 28 Mar 2011 12:04:37 +0000 (UTC)
Received: from odyssey.starpoint.kiev.ua (alpha-e.starpoint.kiev.ua
	[212.40.38.101])
	by citadel.icyb.net.ua (8.8.8p3/ICyb-2.3exp) with ESMTP id PAA28086;
	Mon, 28 Mar 2011 15:04:34 +0300 (EEST)
	(envelope-from avg@freebsd.org)
Message-ID: <4D907951.6020804@freebsd.org>
Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2011 15:04:33 +0300
From: Andriy Gapon <avg@freebsd.org>
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD amd64; en-US;
	rv:1.9.2.15) Gecko/20110309 Lightning/1.0b2 Thunderbird/3.1.9
MIME-Version: 1.0
To: Devin Teske <dteske@vicor.com>
References: <16FA7C02-86B0-46E6-A923-BC61357478FA@vicor.com>
In-Reply-To: <16FA7C02-86B0-46E6-A923-BC61357478FA@vicor.com>
X-Enigmail-Version: 1.1.2
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Cc: FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>,
	Devin Teske <devin.teske@fisglobal.com>
Subject: Re: New Boot-Loader
X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5
Precedence: list
List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD
	<freebsd-hackers.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers>, 
	<mailto:freebsd-hackers-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-hackers>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-hackers-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers>,
	<mailto:freebsd-hackers-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2011 12:04:39 -0000


Would also be cool to have an option to boot "something else" (like e.g.
memtest86).  Maybe a special directory with loadable binaries and a special menu
entry to select one of them.

Probably even better to have a mechanism for pluggable menu entries like a special
directory that would have .4th files each of which would represent one extra menu
option.  So instead of hacking system .4th files, one could easily extend main
menu with custom entries.

Just a dream...
-- 
Andriy Gapon