From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1Ljsy6-0006BU-Ds for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Mar 2009 06:25:50 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Ljsy4-000688-EF for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Mar 2009 06:25:48 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Ljsxz-00063f-L9 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Mar 2009 06:25:47 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=53288 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ljsxz-00063T-4X for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Mar 2009 06:25:43 -0400 Received: from aybabtu.com ([69.60.117.155]:40961) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Ljsxy-0005aW-Px for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Mar 2009 06:25:42 -0400 Received: from [192.168.10.10] (helo=thorin) by aybabtu.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Ljsp3-0008Nd-K7 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Mar 2009 11:16:30 +0100 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Ljsxv-0005Il-Eu for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Mar 2009 11:25:39 +0100 Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 11:25:39 +0100 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20090318102539.GE20072@thorin> References: <20090306195735.GA9992@thorin> <20090308130106.GC28707@thorin> <49B3C9A2.3050101@nic.fi> <20090313194447.GA17416@thorin> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090313194447.GA17416@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/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. Subject: new Linux loader (Re: [PATCH] linux/gfxterm integration) 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, 18 Mar 2009 10:25:49 -0000 On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 08:44:47PM +0100, Robert Millan wrote: > > This new patch avoids the problem by accessing struct grub_video_render_target > from its current location. > > When we have more than one video backend, and a clear idea on which parts are > generic and which are backend-specific, we could readjust. For now this makes > VBE happy. > > Thoughts? Ok, committed. Btw, I'm happy to announce that the new Linux loader is fully usable on i386-pc now, with no significant regressions. I'd like to find a way to make it available to end users. How would you think of a rename? - loader/i386/pc/linux.c becomes the "legacy_linux" command or so. - loader/i386/linux.c becomes "linux" command. -- 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."