Re: device syntax again

[Vincent Pelletier <subdino2004@yahoo.fr>]

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Hello.

| Would you add
| yet a third namespace? In Open Firmware use "disk"; in GRUB use "hd0";
| in Linux use "/dev/sda"?

Isn't it possible to support both syntax ?
(hd0,0)/path/file
and
~ (/pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/ide@3/disk@0,0)/path/file
~ or
~ (disk)/path/file

That would keep backward compatibility, offer "low end" users the easy
although ambiguous syntax and "high end" users the full advantage of
their usual and complex Open Firmware syntax.

Maybe even could it be separated in another module (like "boot" and
"boot_of"). It would solve any problem detecting the type of syntax
used, but may be confusing ("I'm using an OF based box, can't I use the
boot module with simple syntax ?").

Vincent Pelletier
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