From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1K24ZB-0005g0-G0 for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 30 May 2008 09:22:45 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K24ZA-0005fD-DD for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 30 May 2008 09:22:44 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K24Z9-0005eD-5Z for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 30 May 2008 09:22:43 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=46839 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K24Z9-0005eA-0n for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 30 May 2008 09:22:43 -0400 Received: from aybabtu.com ([69.60.117.155]:33919) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1K24Z8-00030j-M1 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 30 May 2008 09:22:42 -0400 Received: from [192.168.10.10] (helo=thorin) by aybabtu.com with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1K24Yh-0003Gt-9S; Fri, 30 May 2008 15:22:15 +0200 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1K24Ys-0000L9-Vj; Fri, 30 May 2008 15:22:27 +0200 Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 15:22:26 +0200 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20080530132226.GB962@thorin> References: <20080530110656.GA29946@thorin> 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. Cc: Tim Verhoeven , Alasdair Kergon Subject: Re: LVM and LVM2 support in Grub 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, 30 May 2008 13:22:44 -0000 On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 01:23:16PM +0200, Dag Wieers wrote: > > I asked the question because Alasdair mentioned that the current > implementation doesn't use the existing LVM framework and he would prefer > that, instead of having the functionality as a whole included in Grub, it > relies on the LVM infrastructure that is maintained by the LVM developers. > And as a result would be a much more complete (and > maintained) implementation than is currently offered. > > To me it looks like it could just compile and link against the LVM API. > That would certainly provide for a much better implementation than the > current as it would be maintained by the LVM developers directly. I agree that it potentially can be a great benefit; but it could also be a problem. Please could you let us know about: - Does the LVM framework provide a practical means of linking it into GRUB (not just the user part, also the freestanding code)? - Is its license compatible with the GPL (version 3)? - Will it increase the size of our lvm.mod? Size is critical here, because it's highly desireable that lvm.mod fits in core.img which fits in the post-mbr region. Thanks -- Robert Millan I know my rights; I want my phone call! What good is a phone call… if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.)