From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from list by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.71) id 1YKf3s-0005jU-GB for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Feb 2015 22:31:00 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:43595) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YKf3p-0005iN-PH for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Feb 2015 22:30:58 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YKf3m-0006pa-DK for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Feb 2015 22:30:57 -0500 Received: from mail-lb0-x230.google.com ([2a00:1450:4010:c04::230]:47644) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YKf3m-0006pW-5l for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Feb 2015 22:30:54 -0500 Received: by mail-lb0-f176.google.com with SMTP id u10so13966445lbd.7 for ; Sun, 08 Feb 2015 19:30:53 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=/MIyNTBy2MsWdsePvPPnqCVkSRaDU7tA/v3tYZdo7uY=; b=tp9Q4RdQj2H6WIshJt8OfYamXeieiGw24vUIwoGbqyD4ShJSecSZAflj9ltUer8rvQ RdPv5d5WoEDXmeXEiXET5qqyxdbt7YSp3/4AEkOraxkioYE18IZUkz5T6BP3+1gDnPFo AegNHbak6WVmX7zIJEwr0hxtil0By7mXh9oVMy0zKgC6ehRPESNPAhCjUNinkBfgjdW7 vtcEplgvwbq+WzOIWv1/AqFnsC+FPF5gB0NeD0QIijV7ny8xWEmWmyVXUDhmatLcvYDh yq3tnV7jGEJzKUF9RZ0iTj7PVZkyCUWtvRI4Sm7HBUsu44A7GJcz0ExMFrArw1/e6I9L e3vA== X-Received: by 10.152.5.41 with SMTP id p9mr14656667lap.7.1423452653488; Sun, 08 Feb 2015 19:30:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from opensuse.site (ppp91-76-14-38.pppoe.mtu-net.ru. [91.76.14.38]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id k2sm1846418lah.32.2015.02.08.19.30.52 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Sun, 08 Feb 2015 19:30:52 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2015 06:30:50 +0300 From: Andrei Borzenkov To: Bruce Dubbs Subject: Re: initrd loading, max size, addr_min, and page_align Message-ID: <20150209063050.3d64840f@opensuse.site> In-Reply-To: <54D79974.3080507@gmail.com> References: <66CA070CE60D374FB9F56957F4E00BBA14E22944@gbplmail01.genband.com> <20150208200230.53f274fe@opensuse.site> <54D79974.3080507@gmail.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.11.0 (GTK+ 2.24.25; x86_64-suse-linux-gnu) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2a00:1450:4010:c04::230 Cc: The development of GNU GRUB X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GNU GRUB List-Id: The development of GNU GRUB List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2015 03:30:58 -0000 =D0=92 Sun, 08 Feb 2015 11:14:28 -0600 Bruce Dubbs =D0=BF=D0=B8=D1=88=D0=B5=D1=82: > Andrei Borzenkov wrote: > > =D0=92 Thu, 5 Feb 2015 21:55:54 +0000 Eric Ewanco > > =D0=BF=D0=B8=D1=88=D0=B5=D1=82: > > > >> > >> Background: I need to use a really large initrd for x86_64 (Linux 3.4.= 47), > >> and I'm near the limit, so I'm studying grub-core/loader/i386/linux.c = to > >> find out the whys and wherefores of the GRUB 2.00 size limit. > > > > GRUB 2.00 is way too old. >=20 > But as far as I know grub-2.00 is the last "stable" release. There is th= e more=20 > current grub-2.02~beta2 that was released over a year ago, but some peopl= e=20 > prefer releases that upstream has designated as stable. >=20 If you want to discuss a problem on development list, you should at least verify if this problem exists in current code.=20 In practice all ditros I'm aware of are using at least 2.02~beta2 or what effectively amounts to git snapshot. > Has grub gone to a policy of git snapshots only and forgone stable releas= es? >=20 I do not think it is intentional.