From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1MfLlg-0007Xr-0o for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Aug 2009 18:42:32 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MfLlf-0007Xm-9J for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Aug 2009 18:42:31 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MfLla-0007Uc-8L for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Aug 2009 18:42:30 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=35698 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MfLla-0007US-57 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Aug 2009 18:42:26 -0400 Received: from xvm-190-8.ghst.net ([217.70.190.8]:52798 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 1MfLlZ-0006dh-H6 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Aug 2009 18:42:25 -0400 Received: from [192.168.10.10] (helo=thorin) by aybabtu.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MfLlX-0001J1-Mc for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:42:23 +0200 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MfLlX-0006jP-5A for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:42:23 +0200 Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:42:23 +0200 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20090823224223.GB25769@thorin> References: <20090817134956.GM32551@thorin> <20090823103254.GD4130@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 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 22:42:31 -0000 On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 01:01:16PM +0200, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko wrote: > > > > 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. > When gfxmode wasn't set it's treated like if it was set to "auto".I > feel like having keyword "auto" can be handy in situations like > gfxpayload=keep,auto > Which with payloads needing working graphics would mean "use current > graphics mode if we're already in one, otherwise autodetect" I would interpret "keep" as "keep what we have now". If we're in text mode, then "keep text mode". I think native resolution detection is an opportunity for us to simplify the user interface, rather than add more options to it. -- 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."