From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1KynCe-0001Jw-W4 for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Nov 2008 07:46:13 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KynCc-0001JA-KX for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Nov 2008 07:46:10 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KynCb-0001Hw-2E for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Nov 2008 07:46:10 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=51114 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KynCa-0001Hp-VO for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Nov 2008 07:46:09 -0500 Received: from aybabtu.com ([69.60.117.155]:55448) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KynCa-0007DL-Rh for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Nov 2008 07:46:08 -0500 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 1KynBg-0005kL-2j for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Nov 2008 13:45:12 +0100 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1KynCC-0007Hx-By for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Nov 2008 13:45:44 +0100 Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2008 13:45:44 +0100 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20081108124544.GA25958@thorin> References: <20081106150212.GC24460@thorin> <20081106160641.GA26883@thorin> <20081107160725.GD17223@xolotl.n0ano.com> <49147245.6080105@nic.fi> <20081108112536.GA11583@thorin> <491584C4.5020407@nic.fi> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <491584C4.5020407@nic.fi> 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-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. Subject: Re: [PATCH] PCI serial card support 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, 08 Nov 2008 12:46:11 -0000 On Sat, Nov 08, 2008 at 02:23:32PM +0200, Vesa Jääskeläinen wrote: > > > > Why not use PCI ID to support this particular card? This way Donald doesn't > > have to support all cards, but the base is laid out so more cards can be added > > in the future. > > I have nothing against that. But in any case I think there has to be > this override functionality support. Just make it a bit harder for user > to type so they know it is advanced feature :). How about implementing the flag but not listing it in --help output, and not documenting it (oh wait, we didn't document serial.mod anyway ;-)) ? > Of course you can dynamically check if PCI module is there and > then ask identification information from there. Sounds good. But do we have support for "weak" symbol dependencies a la dlym() ? -- 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."