From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1JKHrI-0002M9-S8 for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 30 Jan 2008 13:40:28 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JKHrH-0002Ka-5e for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 30 Jan 2008 13:40:27 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JKHrF-0002Ie-FU for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 30 Jan 2008 13:40:26 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JKHrF-0002IP-B0 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 30 Jan 2008 13:40:25 -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 1JKHrE-0004SW-Ta for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 30 Jan 2008 13:40:25 -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 1JKHrD-0004cK-BV; Wed, 30 Jan 2008 19:40:24 +0100 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1JKHpf-0008Vc-7p; Wed, 30 Jan 2008 19:38:47 +0100 Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 19:38:47 +0100 From: Robert Millan To: tgingold@free.fr Message-ID: <20080130183847.GD32040@thorin> References: <20080129051252.GA2504@saphi> <20080129095922.GA31756@thorin> <1201602926.479f016e27f08@imp.free.fr> <20080129113219.GA22894@thorin> <1201611409.479f22918bed6@imp.free.fr> <20080129131934.GB26291@thorin> <871w80adut.fsf@xs4all.nl> <20080130054811.GA4665@saphi> <20080130150701.GA25196@thorin> <1201710120.47a0a428d9cb7@imp.free.fr> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <1201710120.47a0a428d9cb7@imp.free.fr> 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. Cc: The development of GRUB 2 Subject: Re: IA64 port 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: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 18:40:27 -0000 On Wed, Jan 30, 2008 at 05:22:00PM +0100, tgingold@free.fr wrote: > > Is gpt mandatory? > > Almost. > > > We can use gpt without efi; I wonder if we can also use > > efi without gpt. If you can access the raw disk, any partition map (even no > > partition map at all!) could be used, right? > > Not really. EFI has to load grub, and EFI only always knows GPT+FAT. I see. Anyway, I still think it'd be a good idea to probe for it. Say, if someone makes an extended version of EFI that supports other partition maps, or so. And since we have the instruments to do it, why not? > > Btw has this been tested on i386-efi ? > > No. I only have access to an EFI simulator on i386. It doesn't cause regression on the simulator then? :-) -- 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 /.)