From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1JGyrE-0002jY-4G for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:46:44 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JGyrB-0002gX-OB for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:46:41 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JGyr9-0002eR-SG for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:46:41 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JGyr9-0002e9-Ag for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:46:39 -0500 Received: from aybabtu.com ([69.60.117.155]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JGyr9-0005FA-6n for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:46:39 -0500 Received: from [192.168.10.6] (helo=thorin) by aybabtu.com with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1JGyr0-0000hT-FK for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Jan 2008 16:46:32 +0100 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1JGypM-0001pl-8u for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Jan 2008 16:44:48 +0100 Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 16:44:48 +0100 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20080121154448.GA6988@thorin> References: <20080114141015.GA27293@thorin> <20080114203225.GA21792@nubol.oskuro.net> <20080114231855.GA18277@thorin> <20080115225435.GA21928@nubol.oskuro.net> <878x2jxyc2.fsf@xs4all.nl> <1200925099.15198.16.camel@dv> <87zluzuscy.fsf@xs4all.nl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <87zluzuscy.fsf@xs4all.nl> Organization: free as in freedom X-Message-Flag: Worried about Outlook viruses? Switch to Thunderbird! www.mozilla.com/thunderbird X-Debbugs-No-Ack: true User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. Subject: Re: [PATCH] fix flickering timeout message for slow terminals (gfxterm) 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: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 15:46:42 -0000 On Mon, Jan 21, 2008 at 04:10:37PM +0100, Marco Gerards wrote: > > If done efficiently, code shouldn't get too big. Perhaps it is better > to integrate this into normal.mod? I wouldn't mind a few extra KB > there for such a feature. I don't think code size matters that much for a non-kernel feature. Anyway, I'd still prefer not bloating normal.mod with it. It's very good that users have choice of which features they want; why not preserve that philosophy? -- Robert Millan I know my rights; I want my phone call! What use is a phone call… if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.)