From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1KMV7z-00045v-KK for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:47:07 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KMV7y-00044t-2L for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:47:06 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KMV7w-00044f-C5 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:47:05 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=54221 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KMV7w-00044c-69 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:47:04 -0400 Received: from c60.cesmail.net ([216.154.195.49]:26465) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_ARCFOUR_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KMV7v-0001sH-TW for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:47:04 -0400 Received: from unknown (HELO relay.cesmail.net) ([192.168.1.81]) by c60.cesmail.net with ESMTP; 25 Jul 2008 17:47:03 -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 9F495618F22 for ; Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:47:02 -0400 (EDT) From: Pavel Roskin To: The development of GRUB 2 In-Reply-To: <20080725210840.GA19505@thorin> References: <20080722133416.GB5524@archvile> <20080722095021.p15u40gtyc88csco-cebfxv@webmail.spamcop.net> <3FA357AE49694559941A663191155DE2@fz> <5A50C2D990914B3F8A73A02D520E8DED@fz> <1216918145.22586.14.camel@dv> <20080725210840.GA19505@thorin> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:47:00 -0400 Message-Id: <1217022420.3957.3.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: Issue with boot != root and chainloading 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: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:47:06 -0000 On Fri, 2008-07-25 at 23:08 +0200, Robert Millan wrote: > On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 12:49:05PM -0400, Pavel Roskin wrote: > > > > As I said, GRUB uses its internal ID instead of BIOS ID. We need to fix > > it. > > Why not just remove that logic and use UUIDs instead? It would also simplify > the code both in grub-setup and in kernel, maybe even make it smaller. I have no objections to that plan. We'll need UUID search functionality on core.img. I understand you implemented it already. Is it committed? Where should we put the root UUID in core.img? -- Regards, Pavel Roskin