From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1KDouU-0007GY-0g for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:05:18 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KDouS-0007Fr-Bh for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:05:16 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KDouN-0007Eg-Bp for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:05:15 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=45140 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KDouN-0007Ed-5p for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:05:11 -0400 Received: from ik-out-1112.google.com ([66.249.90.182]:5687) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KDouM-0007hr-LX for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:05:10 -0400 Received: by ik-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id c21so48052ika.2 for ; Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:05:09 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:subject:from:to:in-reply-to :references:content-type:date:message-id:mime-version:x-mailer :content-transfer-encoding; bh=P0GSgFHynxt4tDbA5UR/XSLSFWYwshYRUMhSy87tRgE=; b=RWhBOmSBw1PI4s6qe/8aI4B300MtnaCmE1WZ0P1FdAACqMMfghfVjG/iYnlDfKWOuC LMeMR8plTk9hYBb7csvzNyaGjFKPvonjpbAaasg/aKmjIiLvYiXlLMh27Rq1k2jAhrhi zyVCYdWLeyG0yLHbN8NjJkkSU7PjgiptbCECk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=subject:from:to:in-reply-to:references:content-type:date:message-id :mime-version:x-mailer:content-transfer-encoding; b=I4wgCKG7XLGmO+2Y6ZCHWrWD2wHhlNZ459K55wgUdKpBKQbo1HhGCLJBv2TXD8BxGW frywRhP2OkvpgnnEZk2l8O/gWaXjZ85+WYtv/2dsHS6JhQl+WQhJVDPROue2nBDszTvR 5UjM0Y8qHqQfQqoBbUUf80lUanmJJlRj5vSYw= Received: by 10.210.59.14 with SMTP id h14mr5925666eba.13.1214953509762; Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:05:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?192.168.1.100? ( [213.37.137.93]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id b33sm9384757ika.2.2008.07.01.16.05.07 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:05:08 -0700 (PDT) From: Javier =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Mart=EDn?= To: The development of GRUB 2 In-Reply-To: <20080701204816.GA31206@thorin> References: <1214769230.6942.11.camel@localhost> <20080629211957.GD24784@thorin> <1214794971.9353.32.camel@localhost> <4868C017.8040004@isaac.cedarswampstudios.org> <1214827937.9353.43.camel@localhost> <20080701160827.GF6985@thorin> <1214929545.13432.19.camel@dv> <1214937759.9353.64.camel@localhost> <20080701204816.GA31206@thorin> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:05:20 +0200 Message-Id: <1214953520.9353.68.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.22.2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) Subject: Re: grub-probe detects ext4 wronly as ext2 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, 01 Jul 2008 23:05:16 -0000 El mar, 01-07-2008 a las 22:48 +0200, Robert Millan escribió: > On Tue, Jul 01, 2008 at 08:42:39PM +0200, Javier Martín wrote: > > partition as "unrecognized" and then I had to specifically request it to > > be mounted as ext2 with a possible --ignore-incompatible flag, > > A --ignore-incompatible flag doesn't sound like a nice thing to do; it means > we're passing our own problem to the user instead of solving it. We don't have any "problem": ext4 is currently not supporting and we do the Right Thing (tm) in fixing our ext2 driver so that it won't try to read filesystems it cannot. Then, given Pavel's an others' arguments, I suggest the addition of such an user-accessible flag > > Though, if non-essential stuff needs to be implemented, please take into > account that we're really pressed for space in ext2.mod (and try to use a > separate module for that). >