From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1KapZx-0002JH-Mn for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Sep 2008 06:27:13 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KapZv-0002I2-9c for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Sep 2008 06:27:11 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KapZu-0002HH-BI for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Sep 2008 06:27:10 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=50849 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KapZt-0002H0-Tk for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Sep 2008 06:27:10 -0400 Received: from aybabtu.com ([69.60.117.155]:51485) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KapZq-0006FD-Hr for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Sep 2008 06:27:08 -0400 Received: from [192.168.10.10] (helo=thorin) by aybabtu.com with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1KapPW-0001tg-KE for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:16:26 +0200 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1KapYK-0007ml-4R for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:25:32 +0200 Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2008 12:25:32 +0200 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20080903102532.GA29762@thorin> References: <62F4EE6C50AF480CB6A355CDE1B0A632@WINSERVER2008> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline 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: Can LUA e coming with future Grub2 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, 03 Sep 2008 10:27:11 -0000 On Wed, Sep 03, 2008 at 04:25:12PM +0800, Bean wrote: > On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 12:56 PM, y.volta wrote: > > For the Grub2 internal script engine, yes, it is little. but need more work > > to be improved. About the size, i think, Lua can be a replacement if this > > lua.mod is available at runtime. at the same time, why not load gziped mod > > file from disk? this will reduce the size of lua module: 100,436 bytes -> > > 49,766. > > > > But the benifit of using Lua, i think, is for graphic menu. the gfxmenu uses > > a strange script engine, it is hard to learn for a common user; but the Lua, > > it is easy. ;-) > > > > > > So, it is good to have lua support in Grub2. > > Hi, > > In my suggestion to split normal mode, the script engine is separated > and can be replaced, as long as they export a certain interface that > return information like the menu items, etc. But now, I'm waiting for > the handler patch, as it's the basic of the new model. Note that size is still an issue, though. For example coreboot users will usually want to use scripting for the grub.cfg they store in their ROM. -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all."