From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1MfANy-00075G-8D for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Aug 2009 06:33:18 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MfANv-000739-FU for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Aug 2009 06:33:15 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MfANq-0006uJ-4w for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Aug 2009 06:33:14 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=58242 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MfANp-0006u3-Un for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Aug 2009 06:33:09 -0400 Received: from xvm-190-8.ghst.net ([217.70.190.8]:35293 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 1MfANp-000205-GH for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Aug 2009 06:33:09 -0400 Received: from [192.168.10.10] (helo=thorin) by aybabtu.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MfANk-0007Cm-Li for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Aug 2009 12:33:08 +0200 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MfANa-0001VZ-Qh for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Aug 2009 12:32:54 +0200 Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2009 12:32:54 +0200 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20090823103254.GD4130@thorin> References: <20090817134956.GM32551@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: [PATCH 2/2] "auto" keyword in gfxmode and gfxpayload specification 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: Sun, 23 Aug 2009 10:33:15 -0000 On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 02:57:45PM +0200, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko wrote: > On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 3:49 PM, Robert Millan wrote: > > > > > > Please could you include a description on what this does? > > > when gfxmode=auto the driver is allowed to pick best mode in its > opinion among the modes appropriate for the task. This is needed > because > 1) drivers may be limited to only few modes and it may happen that > none of supported modes is in usual list of modes to be checked. > 2) driver may know more about connected peripherics and e.g. prefer > 1280x800 if it's native resolution of flat panel. Ah, I see. Yeah, we really should contemplate into detecting native resolutions. But is there any reason we don't want this behaviour when gfxmode was not set? If we can avoid an additional keyword, what we do fits better with what the user would expect. -- 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."