From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1Jigla-00065M-Qz for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 06 Apr 2008 22:07:26 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JiglY-00062O-Rm for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 06 Apr 2008 22:07:24 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JiglX-00060E-Ml for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 06 Apr 2008 22:07:24 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JiglX-000603-9Z for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 06 Apr 2008 22:07:23 -0400 Received: from c60.cesmail.net ([216.154.195.49]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_ARCFOUR_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JiglW-0001MN-RJ for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 06 Apr 2008 22:07:23 -0400 Received: from unknown (HELO relay.cesmail.net) ([192.168.1.81]) by c60.cesmail.net with ESMTP; 06 Apr 2008 22:07:21 -0400 Received: from [192.168.1.21] (static-72-92-88-10.phlapa.fios.verizon.net [72.92.88.10]) by relay.cesmail.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A06D619058 for ; Sun, 6 Apr 2008 22:07:21 -0400 (EDT) From: Pavel Roskin To: The development of GRUB 2 In-Reply-To: <47F77418.2020906@t-online.de> References: <1JhPUa-0XNW4m0@fwd35.aul.t-online.de> <47F53689.30307@t-online.de> <1207255136.2447.14.camel@dv> <47F77418.2020906@t-online.de> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sun, 06 Apr 2008 22:07:20 -0400 Message-Id: <1207534040.8725.26.camel@dv> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.12.3 (2.12.3-3.fc8) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. Subject: Re: [PATCH] grub2 for Cygwin 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: Mon, 07 Apr 2008 02:07:25 -0000 On Sat, 2008-04-05 at 14:44 +0200, Christian Franke wrote: > OK, then I would suggest to (re)start with the small change for > grub-mkdevicemap. > > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2007-12/msg00179.html > > The patch is still current and already got positive feedback from Marco > and Robert. > I can also repost it, if desired. I understand you were asked to commit it yourself. Did you get the write access to the repository? > > I think it would be nice to have a universal infrastructure for all > > platforms that would use linker scripts instead of strip and objcopy on > > all platforms. > > > > objcopy has to be used if the native object format on a platform is not > (the) ELF (variant the grub loader expects). > > Unfortunately, libbfd is apparently not designed to support conversion > of relocation info. I see. > > Perhaps you could clone git://repo.or.cz/grub2.git and keep the patches > > in your local copy? > > OK, added this as remote to my repo. One part of that patch is in the repository already. I saw that your patch makes some function static. I checked the source for missing prototypes, and committed the needed fixes. It should be trivial to merge. > >> The cygwin port of grub2 is targeted to users who want a *n[iu]x > >> environment, but (have to) use Windows as main work OS for whatever > >> reason. They likely have already installed cygwin :-) > >> > > > > Why would they benefit from GRUB? Just wondering. > > > > > > The ability to maintain the boot manger and create rescue discs from > Cygwin shell without reboot is useful. I see. Thanks for your answers! -- Regards, Pavel Roskin