From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.33) id 1C7Bvu-0004uh-My for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Sep 2004 07:57:14 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1C7Bvt-0004uc-1n for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Sep 2004 07:57:13 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1C7Bvp-0004uA-0R for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Sep 2004 07:57:12 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1C7Bvo-0004u7-Ex for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Sep 2004 07:57:08 -0400 Received: from [145.74.66.11] (helo=mail-cn.han.nl) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1C7BqA-0005ir-Mo for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Sep 2004 07:51:19 -0400 Received: from localhost (charlie.han.nl [145.74.66.9]) by mail-cn.han.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 39A8A935C; Tue, 14 Sep 2004 13:51:15 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail-cn.han.nl ([145.74.66.11]) by localhost (charlie.han.nl [145.74.66.9]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 06831-09; Tue, 14 Sep 2004 13:51:12 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail1.han.nl (mail1.han.nl [145.74.103.11]) by mail-cn.han.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7027F933B; Tue, 14 Sep 2004 13:50:34 +0200 (CEST) Received: from india.han.nl (india.han.nl [145.74.103.15]) by mail1.han.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 55B9DC045; Tue, 14 Sep 2004 13:50:34 +0200 (CEST) Received: by india.han.nl (Postfix, from userid 48) id 2629C7865; Tue, 14 Sep 2004 13:50:33 +0200 (CEST) Received: from 145.74.169.85 ( [145.74.169.85]) as user metgerards@localhost by webmail.han.nl with HTTP; Tue, 14 Sep 2004 13:50:33 +0200 Message-ID: <1095162633.4146db09ac148@webmail.han.nl> Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 13:50:33 +0200 From: "M. Gerards" To: The development of GRUB 2 , "Yoshinori K. Okuji" References: <29337B5F-05EB-11D9-8F77-000A95A0560C@penguinppc.org> <200409141104.09818.okuji@enbug.org> In-Reply-To: <200409141104.09818.okuji@enbug.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) 3.1 X-Originating-IP: 145.74.169.85 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new@vscan-cn.han.nl Cc: Subject: Re: [ppc patch] add "enter" command X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 11:57:13 -0000 Quoting "Yoshinori K. Okuji" : > On Tuesday 14 September 2004 03:12, Hollis Blanchard wrote: > > This command allows one to drop from the Grub prompt to the Open > > Firmware prompt, then resume Grub again. This is very very useful to > > inspect the state of the device tree, or run the "reset-all" command > > (reboot). > > I feel that "enter" is too generic. Is there any better name? > "openfirmware"? Actually, we can make it something generic. I can imagine it is possible to go back to the firmware with other kinds of firmware as well. How about something unix like, "suspend" for example. Other than that we could implement generic commands like "exit", "reboot", "halt", "powerdown", for example. -- Marco