From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1MSHwu-00044z-8C for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 18 Jul 2009 18:00:08 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MSHws-00042a-5X for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 18 Jul 2009 18:00:06 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MSHwn-0003w6-4R for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 18 Jul 2009 18:00:05 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=55186 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MSHwm-0003vq-Lh for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 18 Jul 2009 18:00:00 -0400 Received: from c60.cesmail.net ([216.154.195.49]:2832) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_ARCFOUR_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MSHwm-0005Zm-20 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 18 Jul 2009 18:00:00 -0400 Received: from unknown (HELO smtprelay2.cesmail.net) ([192.168.1.112]) by c60.cesmail.net with ESMTP; 18 Jul 2009 17:59:58 -0400 Received: from [192.168.0.22] (static-72-92-88-10.phlapa.fios.verizon.net [72.92.88.10]) by smtprelay2.cesmail.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 87C5934C6A for ; Sat, 18 Jul 2009 18:09:57 -0400 (EDT) From: Pavel Roskin To: The development of GRUB 2 In-Reply-To: <20090718183255.GF8867@thorin> References: <20090718183255.GF8867@thorin> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2009 17:59:56 -0400 Message-Id: <1247954396.3416.62.camel@mj> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.26.3 (2.26.3-1.fc11) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. Subject: Re: [PATCH] change --enable-efiemu to --enable-efiemu64 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: Sat, 18 Jul 2009 22:00:06 -0000 On Sat, 2009-07-18 at 20:32 +0200, Robert Millan wrote: > On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 06:15:57PM +0200, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko wrote: > > Like previously discussed efiemu32 can always be compiled hence this patch > > This does a few more things than just toggle compile options. Could you > split the patch? I second that. Also, we need to look at things from the users' point of view. Users don't know what efiemu64 is and why it's so special that they are told about it at the of the configure output. Why it is more important that efiemu32? Why is efiemu64 only needed on the i386-pc platform? I believe efiemu64 is only more important from the implementation point of view, as it requires an additional test to be passed. But most users won't need efiemu64 at all. If we add efiemu compilation to the x86_64-efi support, efiemu32 will be special. So it would be better to report something like "efiemu support - 32-bit and 64-bit" if we care to report. I suggest that you google for "The Paradox of Choice". Sure, there are difference between end users and those compiling GRUB from the sources, but you'll get the idea. Sometimes we should make the choice. -- Regards, Pavel Roskin