From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1Lp10v-0005dT-RE for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:01:57 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Lp10u-0005Zb-9s for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:01:56 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Lp10t-0005Xk-Ks for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:01:55 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=50160 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Lp10t-0005XY-GU for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:01:55 -0400 Received: from mail.nexedi.com ([91.121.25.85]:58988 helo=nexedi.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Lp10s-0003aK-Tb for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:01:55 -0400 Received: from [10.8.0.46] (unknown [10.8.0.46]) by nexedi.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 932D23D9F4 for ; Wed, 1 Apr 2009 16:01:51 +0200 (CEST) From: "Yoshinori K. Okuji" Organization: enbug.org To: The development of GRUB 2 Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 23:01:47 +0900 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.10 References: <20090329023129.GA17926@thorin> <200903291739.36753.okuji@enbug.org> <20090401130557.GC27958@thorin> In-Reply-To: <20090401130557.GC27958@thorin> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200904012301.47634.okuji@enbug.org> X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Subject: Re: [PATCH] GRUB_GFXMODE_LINUX user variable 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, 01 Apr 2009 14:01:56 -0000 On Wednesday 01 April 2009 22:05:57 Robert Millan wrote: > On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 05:39:36PM +0900, Yoshinori K. Okuji wrote: > > On Sunday 29 March 2009 11:31:29 Robert Millan wrote: > > > This patch adds GRUB_GFXMODE_LINUX user variable to make it easy for > > > users to set graphical mode before booting Linux. > > > > Is this really Linux-specific? It look somehow coincidental to me that > > this is used only for Linux. If other operating systems, such as FreeBSD, > > support that way of switching a video mode, I think you would want to > > reuse the same variable. > > Agreed. Also, perhaps we should define an env variable like gfxmode, so > that loaders can switch mode themselves and "terminal_output gfxterm" > doesn't have to be used. Not bad. ;) > I like the terms "payload" and "loadee" because they don't imply what we're > loading is a kernel (Linux) or a standalone OS (invaders/memtest86). How > about using "gfxmode_payload=WIDTHxHEIGHT[xDEPTH]" ? I am more used to Multiboot's terminology, so I prefer "OS Image". Regards, Okuji