From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1MXFlp-0000DH-CU for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 01 Aug 2009 10:41:13 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MXFlm-0000Cy-L8 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 01 Aug 2009 10:41:10 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MXFli-00009W-Lm for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 01 Aug 2009 10:41:10 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=35981 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MXFli-000099-Hm for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 01 Aug 2009 10:41:06 -0400 Received: from xvm-190-8.ghst.net ([217.70.190.8]:39601 helo=aybabtu.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MXFlh-000498-KL for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 01 Aug 2009 10:41:05 -0400 Received: from [192.168.10.10] (helo=thorin) by aybabtu.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MXFld-0001Ew-Nn for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 01 Aug 2009 14:41:02 +0000 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MXFld-00061J-4L for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 01 Aug 2009 16:41:01 +0200 Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2009 16:41:01 +0200 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20090801144101.GA23133@thorin> References: <1248392495.2661.208.camel@mj> <20090728175052.GD32726@thorin> <20090731160039.GE14675@thorin> 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/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Subject: Re: Fwd: [PATCH 1/2] Framebuffer split 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, 01 Aug 2009 14:41:11 -0000 On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 10:31:07PM +0200, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko wrote: > > Well, that fits the definition of backend. > > > But there are other backends too - network backend, opengl backend, ... > Framebuffer is a term often used to designated memory ranged which is > mapped to the screen. Ok then. I think I got confused by the common usage of this term, which often refers to the whole thing. I'm fine with it, as long as it's used consistently. > May we stop discussing about names and rather either commit or discuss > technical details? Names are very important. When someone who's not familiar with the code is trying to figure it out, if the name of a function or an interface inmediately evokes an idea of what it does, that person won't have to check. It makes working with GRUB much more efficient. I'll look at the technical part of the patch now. -- 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."