From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1CrBMW-0004nm-9s for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 19 Jan 2005 03:38:48 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1CrBMU-0004mY-G0 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 19 Jan 2005 03:38:46 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1CrBHD-0003Mc-KR for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 19 Jan 2005 03:33:29 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1CrBHC-0003Fv-I4 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 19 Jan 2005 03:33:18 -0500 Received: from [217.12.11.36] (helo=smtp005.mail.ukl.yahoo.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CrAj6-0005OK-Cr for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 19 Jan 2005 02:58:04 -0500 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.0.2?) (subdino2004@83.194.34.168 with plain) by smtp005.mail.ukl.yahoo.com with SMTP; 19 Jan 2005 07:58:03 -0000 Message-ID: <41EE130A.1070709@yahoo.fr> Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 08:58:02 +0100 From: Vincent Pelletier User-Agent: Debian Thunderbird 1.0 (X11/20050116) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: The development of GRUB 2 References: <1D080FCA-64FE-11D9-B21C-000A95A0560C@penguinppc.org> <98B29D3E-6960-11D9-A482-000A95A0560C@penguinppc.org> <200501181636.09127.okuji@enbug.org> In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.90.0.0 X-Enigmail-Supports: pgp-inline, pgp-mime Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: device syntax again 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: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 08:38:46 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 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 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFB7hMKFEQoKRQyjtURAv7/AJ9l4iSyY/WkziVc9IB3qFFeih+BowCgmQs1 tm8pbKinLhfmYUkNtgcRPbk= =Yr/2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----