From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1MfLfp-0002gJ-W9 for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Aug 2009 18:36:30 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MfLfo-0002e5-0b for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Aug 2009 18:36:28 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MfLfj-0002ZO-9U for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Aug 2009 18:36:27 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=50760 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MfLfj-0002ZA-23 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Aug 2009 18:36:23 -0400 Received: from xvm-190-8.ghst.net ([217.70.190.8]:40718 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 1MfLfi-0005q9-ME for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Aug 2009 18:36:22 -0400 Received: from [192.168.10.10] (helo=thorin) by aybabtu.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MfLfh-0001CG-1u for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:36:21 +0200 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MfLfg-0006iu-Ct for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:36:20 +0200 Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:36:20 +0200 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20090823223620.GA25769@thorin> References: <20090823103010.GC4130@thorin> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit 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 1/2] Replace hook-based with flag-based approach for choosing video mode 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 22:36:28 -0000 On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 12:58:46PM +0200, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko wrote: > > Btw, please include a ChangeLog entry next time. > Ok. I will from now one but it will also mean a delay sending patches ;) I know it's a PITA, but consider that it needs to be done anyway. When you think about that, it's not so bad :-) > > People usually associate "pure text" mode with a managed mode like 80x25 > > vga text.  I understand here it means something else, > It means exactly the modes like 80x25 Then I don't understand what grub_video_set_mode ("1024x768;800x600;640x480", GRUB_VIDEO_MODE_TYPE_PURE_TEXT) could mean. Are you requesting a graphical mode or a text one? If it's a text one, why the list of resolutions? -- 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."