From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1JmsnA-0006Y5-CD for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:46:24 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Jmsn8-0006Uy-LI for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:46:22 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Jmsn7-0006SL-Bm for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:46:22 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Jmsn7-0006SB-5v for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:46:21 -0400 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 1Jmsn7-0004dL-7B for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:46:21 -0400 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 1Jmsn5-0003xE-BR for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:46:20 +0200 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1Jmsme-0001sr-1m for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:45:52 +0200 Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:45:52 +0200 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20080418154552.GA7182@thorin> References: <1208212240.3971.48.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20080415133805.GG21548@thorin> <1208433201.770.43.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20080417201107.GB13794@thorin> <20080417222114.reel0vq6f40gsskc@webmail.spamcop.net> <20080418113259.GD26239@thorin> <20080418121356.GA27967@thorin> <1208531803.12403.13.camel@dv> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: 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] Make gdb debugging a bit less painful 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: Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:46:22 -0000 On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 11:38:48PM +0800, Bean wrote: > > > > "exit" in open firmware based systems would probably mean returning > > control to open firmware. > > > > By the way, it would be nice to have "exit" in both grub for PC and > > grub-emu, and not only in the rescue mode. "exit" on PC means returning > > control to BIOS so it can try another boot device. "exit" in grub-emu > > means exit, of course. I have to use "reboot" now (which should not > > exit, but rather restart grub-emu, if it belongs to grub-emu at all) or > > "rescue" followed by "exit". > > Hi, > > The would be nice, but we don't know if grub has overwritten the > memory occupied by the original boot environment, so exit might have > unexpected result. In which case is this not granted? On pc/bios we use the memory map, on ieee1275 we use /memory/available, etc. -- 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 /.)