From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1Holcz-0008JO-B7 for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 17 May 2007 15:27:09 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Holcy-0008JF-5C for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 17 May 2007 15:27:08 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Holcx-0008J3-Qi for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 17 May 2007 15:27:07 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Holcx-0008J0-Kt for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 17 May 2007 15:27:07 -0400 Received: from [212.85.152.101] (helo=kotoba.storever.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1HolUp-0003ut-3I for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 17 May 2007 15:18:43 -0400 Received: from kotoba.oasis.nexedi.com (kotoba.oasis.nexedi.com [212.85.152.101]) by kotoba.storever.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 514FB3CE02FB0 for ; Fri, 18 May 2007 01:23:15 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [??1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by kotoba.storever.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A3A53CDEB08C for ; Fri, 18 May 2007 01:23:15 +0200 (CEST) From: "Yoshinori K. Okuji" Organization: enbug.org To: The development of GRUB 2 Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 21:18:41 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.4 References: <20070511160314.GA30111@aragorn> <200705152216.11272.okuji@enbug.org> <20070516062524.GB22567@aragorn> In-Reply-To: <20070516062524.GB22567@aragorn> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200705172118.41691.okuji@enbug.org> X-Bogosity: No, tests=bogofilter, spamicity=0.000000, version=0.17.2 X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) Subject: Re: [PATCH] grub-install for EFI 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: Thu, 17 May 2007 19:27:08 -0000 On Wednesday 16 May 2007 08:25, Robert Millan wrote: > On Tue, May 15, 2007 at 10:16:11PM +0200, Yoshinori K. Okuji wrote: > > On Friday 11 May 2007 18:03, Robert Millan wrote: > > > Please have a look at this patch that adds grub-install for EFI and > > > tell me what you think. I have some doubts/comments myself, and I'll > > > reply to my own message to use the patch context. > > > > In my opinion, grub-install is not very useful without grub-setup. > > It saves a pair of things to the user (figuring out which modules are > needed, and what to do with the resulting grub.efi image). From Debian > POV, it's very important so that grub installs can be automated from > debian-installer (without duplicating code, that is). Providing a rudimentary tool rather harms the user. > > > As I > > haven't reverse-engineered "bless" yet, I don't know how to implement it. > > I guess it just modifies some bytes in a superblock or somewhere, though. > > What is bless needed for? In my environment (Debian GNU/Linux on a qemu > sandbox with EFI firmware), it was not necessary to get grub.efi booting > (although later it had issues accessing filesystems other than the EFI > partition, but I suppose this might be a qemu/firmware bug). http://www.hmug.org/man/8/bless.php Okuji