From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1NkXhE-0003EK-2H for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Feb 2010 01:59:40 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NkXhC-0003Di-VY for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Feb 2010 01:59:39 -0500 Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=43607 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NkXhC-0003Cx-0M for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Feb 2010 01:59:38 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NkXhB-00021K-BZ for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Feb 2010 01:59:37 -0500 Received: from aa.81.b6.static.xlhost.com ([207.182.129.170]:55991 helo=wombat.diezmil.com) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NkXhB-00020u-3K for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Feb 2010 01:59:37 -0500 Received: from wombat (wombat [127.0.0.1]) by wombat.diezmil.com (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o1P6xXB1002071 for ; Thu, 25 Feb 2010 01:59:33 -0500 Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 01:59:33 -0500 From: gburanov@gmail.com To: grub-devel@gnu.org Message-ID: <11877170.01267081173499.JavaMail.root@wombat> In-Reply-To: <4B7FC1E1.9040703@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Subject: Re: Re: [patch] search for partition using GPT GUID X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GNU GRUB List-Id: The development of GNU GRUB List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 06:59:39 -0000 > I asked you for at least a usecase when it makes a difference but till > now I've read only about theoretical advantages. Ok, my usecase is the following: We are installing grub to EFI system partition and on the next load it must load itself (rmadisk&kernel) from Windows partiton (where our main product is installed). It need however to find the NTFS partition with our product, the only ways is GPT GUID. Out of Linux world FS UUID is nothing, our main product works on Windows, and the only way to identify the partition correctly - GUID. UEFI spec also use GPT GUIDs in it's "device path", same as Windows. grub2 is not for Linux load only. -- This message was sent on behalf of gburanov@gmail.com at openSubscriber.com http://www.opensubscriber.com/message/grub-devel@gnu.org/13458994.html