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Re: [PATCH] memdisk plus lnxboot extension
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Robert Millan |
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Re: [PATCH] memdisk plus lnxboot extension |
Date: |
Tue, 22 Jan 2008 17:51:52 +0100 |
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Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) |
On Wed, Jan 23, 2008 at 12:22:32AM +0800, Bean wrote:
> * util/i386/pc/grub-mkimage.c (generate_image) : Add is_linux parameter.
> If it's set, use lnxboot.img as header instead of diskboot.img.
> (options): Add "linux"|'x' option
> (main): Parse --linux|-x option, and pass its value to generate_image.
I don't like this very much. We don't have grub-mkimage options to concatenate
it with boot.img, so why with lnxboot.img ?
Also, I can only think of very specific situations in which this interface
would be useful (that is, when firmware has only a linux loader). It makes
sense to me as a compatibility layer, yes.
But it seems you want it as a general-purpose option; for that, why not make
it saner like multiboot? I don't think it's a good idea to compromise our
boot semantics because of the ones legacy Linux has.
--
Robert Millan
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- Re: [PATCH] memdisk plus lnxboot extension, Robert Millan, 2008/01/20
- Re: [PATCH] memdisk plus lnxboot extension, Marco Gerards, 2008/01/23
- Re: [PATCH] memdisk plus lnxboot extension, Bean, 2008/01/23
- Re: [PATCH] memdisk plus lnxboot extension, Bean, 2008/01/23
- Re: [PATCH] memdisk plus lnxboot extension, Robert Millan, 2008/01/23
- Re: [PATCH] memdisk plus lnxboot extension, Bean, 2008/01/23
- Re: [PATCH] memdisk plus lnxboot extension, Robert Millan, 2008/01/23
- Re: [PATCH] memdisk plus lnxboot extension, Bean, 2008/01/23
- Re: [PATCH] memdisk plus lnxboot extension, Robert Millan, 2008/01/23