From: Andrey Borzenkov <arvidjaar@gmail.com>
To: grub-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: cmosclean command name
Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2013 09:18:47 +0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1388207927.918.86.camel@opensuse.site> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20131228023147.GA5371@riva.ucam.org>
В Сб, 28/12/2013 в 02:31 +0000, Colin Watson пишет:
> On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 08:04:09AM +0400, Andrey Borzenkov wrote:
> > В Пт, 27/12/2013 в 02:22 +0000, Colin Watson пишет:
> > > While writing up NEWS entries for 2.02, I noticed a slight irregularity
> > > in grub-core/commands/i386/cmostest.c: the "cmosclean" command is
> > > described as "Clear bit at BYTE:BIT in CMOS.". Wouldn't the command be
> > > better named "cmosclear" rather than "cmosclean"? "Clean" is an odd
> > > verb to use for this in English.
> >
> > Sounds fine and is better counterpart to"cmosset".
>
> I realised that I was wrong that it was introduced in 2.02, though; it
> was in fact new in 1.99, so it needs more of an effort at compatibility.
> What do people think of this?
>
> * Rename "cmosclean" command to "cmosclear", leaving an alias for
> compatibility. Similarly, rename "GRUB_BUTTON_CMOS_CLEAN" to
> "GRUB_BUTTON_CMOS_CLEAR" and leave an alias.
>
Good occasion to also add description of "GRUB_BUTTON_CMOS_CLEAR" to
documentation :)
prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-12-28 5:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-12-27 2:22 cmosclean command name Colin Watson
2013-12-27 4:04 ` Andrey Borzenkov
2013-12-28 2:31 ` Colin Watson
2013-12-28 5:18 ` Andrey Borzenkov [this message]
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