From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.33) id 1C7H1X-0006A9-5u for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Sep 2004 13:23:23 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1C7H1U-00069o-RB for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Sep 2004 13:23:20 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1C7H1T-00069G-7i for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Sep 2004 13:23:19 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1C7H1T-00069D-4k for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Sep 2004 13:23:19 -0400 Received: from [207.217.120.220] (helo=asmtp-a063f35.pas.sa.earthlink.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1C7GvP-0007xq-Dg for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Sep 2004 13:17:03 -0400 Received: from pixpat.austin.ibm.com ([192.35.232.241] helo=basalt.austin.ibm.com) by asmtp-a063f35.pas.sa.earthlink.net with asmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1C7GvO-0006kV-MJ for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Sep 2004 10:17:02 -0700 From: Hollis Blanchard To: The development of GRUB 2 In-Reply-To: <873c1kri3q.fsf@marco.marco-g.com> References: <29337B5F-05EB-11D9-8F77-000A95A0560C@penguinppc.org> <200409141104.09818.okuji@enbug.org> <1095162633.4146db09ac148@webmail.han.nl> <200409141454.25590.okuji@enbug.org> <873c1kri3q.fsf@marco.marco-g.com> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1095182110.16722.8.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 17:15:10 +0000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-ELNK-Trace: 77a46389d001b1f223bcf3e39c2f8b5f1aa676d7e74259b7b3291a7d08dfec79590fa34ab05739420580bd6449960874350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c X-Originating-IP: 192.35.232.241 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 17:23:21 -0000 On Tue, 2004-09-14 at 15:22, Marco Gerards wrote: > Hollis Blanchard writes: > > > "reboot" and "halt" will also be implemented as commands that call > > Open Firmware, but since the user wouldn't see that I think it would > > be ok to name the "enter" command "openfirmware". > > > > On the other hand is such a thing possible under e.g. EFI firmware? > > Perhaps we should name it a more generic "firmware", just as "reboot" > > can be expected to work across architectures (if we were naming things > > OF-style we would call that "reset-all"). > > How about just suspend like I said? That does not imply we are really > using firmware? It could be possible GRUB is just a program on some > systems. What I want to say is that we do not know the environments > that would be used and make it really generic. Ah, when I saw "suspend" I thought you meant sleep. That might confuse other users too... Marco elaborated that he was thinking about running GRUB on a system where it could replace the running OS, like aboot on Amiga or (Linux) BootX on Mac OS. In that case I don't know what "suspend" would do: something like spawn a subshell? Why not just "quit"? But I really don't care what it's called, I would just like the functionality. :) -Hollis