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Stefan Reinauer wrote:
> Robert Millan wrote:
>>> About the duplicated commands, we can create a module minicmd to
>>> include the most basic command
>>>     
>> Then we can't have a rescue shell before heap is initialised and minicmd
>> is loaded.  Should we be concerned about this?
>>   
> What would one use that rescue shell for?

Idea of the rescue shell is load other modules in case grub itself 
cannot find them. It provides thin layer of tools so user is able to 
find them.

Personally I would like to keep this functionality in core.img.