From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1K2Nbb-0003zV-5A for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 31 May 2008 05:42:31 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K2NbZ-0003yM-IF for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 31 May 2008 05:42:29 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K2NbX-0003xy-Uj for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 31 May 2008 05:42:29 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=55813 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K2NbX-0003xt-NC for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 31 May 2008 05:42:27 -0400 Received: from aybabtu.com ([69.60.117.155]:39410) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1K2NbT-0002Js-Om for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 31 May 2008 05:42:27 -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 1K2Nac-0004tP-BV for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 31 May 2008 11:41:30 +0200 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1K2Naw-0001q3-Qt for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 31 May 2008 11:41:50 +0200 Date: Sat, 31 May 2008 11:41:50 +0200 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20080531094150.GC6619@thorin> References: <4840123A.5020003@isaac.cedarswampstudios.org> <20080530151837.GA7529@thorin> <48402600.8090805@isaac.cedarswampstudios.org> <48402B87.6060201@isaac.cedarswampstudios.org> <20080530192626.GA29768@thorin> <48406B3F.1070704@isaac.cedarswampstudios.org> <20080531093501.GA6619@thorin> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20080531093501.GA6619@thorin> 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: rename partmap/pc.c? (Re: macbook EFI experiences) 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: Sat, 31 May 2008 09:42:29 -0000 On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 11:35:01AM +0200, Robert Millan wrote: > > You're confusing BIOS-based boot with msdos partition labels. You can use > GPT just fine when booting from BIOS (although Intel tries to hide that > fact by embedding the GPT spec inside the EFI spec). Btw, maybe this hints that we don't have a very appropiate name for partmap/pc.c. Initially, GRUB assumed that i386-pc always wants 'pc' partmap; later it was fixed to support BIOS-based boot on GPT. As it stands, I don't think it makes much sense to relate msdos labels with PC. In the original PC it was an OS issue after all, just like FAT, since BIOS just loaded the MBR and didn't care what the partition layout were. What would you all think about renaming to partmap/msdos.c ? -- 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 /.)