Re: [RFC] Dynamic device.map

[Robert Millan <rmh@aybabtu.com>]

On Mon, Dec 07, 2009 at 05:25:22PM +0000, Colin Watson wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 07, 2009 at 02:28:06PM +0000, Colin Watson wrote:
> > As Robert said recently, we're trying to get rid of our reliance on
> > device.map. Right now, it is still necessary to at least have entries in
> > device.map for any disks you wish to use with GRUB, although they don't
> > have to be particularly sensible; any bidirectional mapping will do (at
> > least as long as the 'search' command works).
> > 
> > I'd like to make it possible to run with no device.map at all, since
> > that makes it possible to plug in new disks without having to
> > reconfigure GRUB. Here's a draft patch to do this. I haven't supplied a
> > ChangeLog entry yet since it isn't suitable for commit yet, as noted in
> > TODO comments, but I'd welcome comments on the approach here.
> 
> Ah, I hadn't noticed r1870, sorry. Am I right in believing that my patch
> is obsolete, then?

I'm not completely sure, but it seems so.  Sorry about that :-(

Anyhow, if you find more issues with systems that have no device.map, help
is welcome fixing those of course.

-- 
Robert Millan

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  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."