From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1MbhSU-0000tC-PK for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:03:38 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MbhST-0000rC-IM for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:03:37 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MbhSO-0000gN-0u for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:03:36 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=37906 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MbhSN-0000g0-OH for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:03:31 -0400 Received: from xvm-190-8.ghst.net ([217.70.190.8]:48247 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 1MbhSM-0002nK-1r for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:03:30 -0400 Received: from [192.168.10.10] (helo=thorin) by aybabtu.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MbhSI-0000Xv-UJ for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Aug 2009 23:03:28 +0200 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MbhSD-000641-Ji for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Aug 2009 23:03:21 +0200 Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 23:03:21 +0200 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20090813210321.GR22130@thorin> References: <20090810161040.GA16306@thorin> <20090812083512.GT11691@riva.ucam.org> <20090813203143.GF22130@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: grub configuration file format change? 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: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 21:03:38 -0000 On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 01:45:17PM -0700, Seth Goldberg wrote: > Hi, > > I know this isn't on the 1.97 roadmap, but I was wondering about the > status of changing the grub.cfg format. I'm currently trying to plan > GRUB2 work for Solaris and I'd like to minimize as much code change as I > can. We tend to change it very often. I can't garantee there won't be any minor change before 1.97. Is this an issue for you? Colin said he was concerned about core.img and grub.cfg getting out of sync (see the other sub-thread). Does this problem also affect you? -- 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."