From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1KIt3h-0001tD-JN for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:31:45 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KIt3f-0001of-QO for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:31:43 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KIt3f-0001nK-8v for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:31:43 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=57166 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KIt3e-0001n7-Vf for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:31:42 -0400 Received: from c60.cesmail.net ([216.154.195.49]:47518) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_ARCFOUR_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KIt3e-00011G-Rj for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:31:43 -0400 Received: from unknown (HELO relay.cesmail.net) ([192.168.1.81]) by c60.cesmail.net with ESMTP; 15 Jul 2008 18:31:41 -0400 Received: from [192.168.0.21] (static-72-92-88-10.phlapa.fios.verizon.net [72.92.88.10]) by relay.cesmail.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F9E64F1869 for ; Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:31:41 -0400 (EDT) From: Pavel Roskin To: The development of GRUB 2 In-Reply-To: <200807152304.17448.okuji@enbug.org> References: <1216040584.9995.52.camel@dv> <200807152304.17448.okuji@enbug.org> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:31:39 -0400 Message-Id: <1216161099.8266.28.camel@dv> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.22.3.1 (2.22.3.1-1.fc9) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. Subject: Re: Next release? 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, 15 Jul 2008 22:31:44 -0000 On Tue, 2008-07-15 at 23:04 +0200, Yoshinori K. Okuji wrote: > I am sorry, but can I ask why you want to remove device.map? Did I miss any > discussion? There was a short discussion, but I write it more concisely now. 1) We don't want to cache anything. Any cached information risks to become stale. 2) We don't want to rely on knowing how BIOS would see the devices at the boot time. If GRUB is installed in a way that more than one drive is involved, it's our responsibility to do it reliably or not at all. 3) We don't want floppies or any unrelated drives to be touched when they are not involved. -- Regards, Pavel Roskin