From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1Kap0g-0003yM-FE for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Sep 2008 05:50:46 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Kap0d-0003w2-Ru for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Sep 2008 05:50:43 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Kap0c-0003uh-F5 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Sep 2008 05:50:42 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=54361 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Kap0b-0003uI-SZ for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Sep 2008 05:50:42 -0400 Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com ([72.14.220.159]:12675) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Kap0b-0007yu-TC for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Sep 2008 05:50:42 -0400 Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id l26so115756fgb.30 for ; Wed, 03 Sep 2008 02:50:40 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:x-enigmail-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=a6AoLekUXbe1hHVRbGr4//4VN5YYMco7xn9qyfdE1d4=; b=Lqf4mCusYHjz/yusGM+Dh5/uwSKaYY3Kr3q717wmF42OyQ4yEqaSgTBDOuB9DSR4Bu 9e1FjnlFMC3NtDfNdTiMhmcuwtbkEQBuzMmOnwkna3Be/WOXvWJmZvnYHIijtNAKpHP3 DIzEJalHeqNUVk7sQUXOY/GyvXa4gKaAqqMq0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject :x-enigmail-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=TclkHoYufbnnNYKpCAcNNQOfF4vHm5nHnIl8U9kfEhogT7pFWlIEMH7ffI1BQJTjc3 5JmTw9QzMI2r33KPUPEsFjdLtHkJECHH0WEkd+HX1sjm3ZLSEoXRqhucE8BNQtHlK+Kl 0SHeHRd++wTlAmntEBHMAir6FTSic+x+6Vnwo= Received: by 10.86.68.2 with SMTP id q2mr6491416fga.43.1220435440564; Wed, 03 Sep 2008 02:50:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?192.168.1.15? ( [83.76.170.177]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 4sm9552697fgg.4.2008.09.03.02.50.34 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 03 Sep 2008 02:50:35 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <48BE5DE9.4090302@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2008 11:50:33 +0200 From: phcoder User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 (X11/20080724) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: The development of GRUB 2 X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) Subject: [RFC] Boot parameters and geometrical stability 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, 03 Sep 2008 09:50:44 -0000 Hello, all. Now when core image can be booted by multiple sources perhaps it would be a good idea to recieve some boot arguments in case boot method (e.g. multiboot) supports it. Probably the best way is to recieve pairs which can be easily imported to environment. Another possibility of improving boot process is to detect the prefix even if partition map changed it can be done e.g. with UUID but this comprises a security risk in case an attacker can plug a device (cdrom, floppy, USB-memory,..) containing a partition with the same UUID. What do you think about it Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko