Evaluate Interface for Custom Tags
phip1611 opened this issue · 3 comments
phip1611 commented
I've seen people using custom Multiboot2 tags to transfer data from a custom bootloader to their kernel. We should evaluate if and how we want or can support this.
blitz commented
To formulate this as a usecase: As a user of this library I would like to be able to support custom tags. The library should not limit the user to the tags in the current spec and allow the user to define completely custom tags.
IsaacWoods commented
I think this could be achieved fairly easily by exposing BootInformation::get_tag (which imo should be renamed tag but that's a nit) and reworking TagType to support custom values (e.g. remove the repr(u32), add a Custom(u32) variant, and adding manual From<u32> and Into<u32> impls)?