From: phcoder <phcoder@gmail.com>
To: The development of GRUB 2 <grub-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: new Linux loader (Re: [PATCH] linux/gfxterm integration)
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:09:11 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <49C0F277.2050004@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20090318102539.GE20072@thorin>
IMO linux16 for pc/linux.c would better reflect the difference with
normal 'linux' command.
Robert Millan wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 08:44:47PM +0100, Robert Millan wrote:
>> This new patch avoids the problem by accessing struct grub_video_render_target
>> from its current location.
>>
>> When we have more than one video backend, and a clear idea on which parts are
>> generic and which are backend-specific, we could readjust. For now this makes
>> VBE happy.
>>
>> Thoughts?
>
> Ok, committed.
>
> Btw, I'm happy to announce that the new Linux loader is fully usable on i386-pc
> now, with no significant regressions.
>
> I'd like to find a way to make it available to end users. How would you think
> of a rename?
>
> - loader/i386/pc/linux.c becomes the "legacy_linux" command or so.
>
> - loader/i386/linux.c becomes "linux" command.
>
--
Regards
Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-03-18 13:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-03-06 19:57 [PATCH] linux/gfxterm integration Robert Millan
2009-03-08 13:01 ` Robert Millan
2009-03-08 13:09 ` Robert Millan
2009-03-08 13:35 ` Vesa Jääskeläinen
2009-03-13 19:44 ` Robert Millan
2009-03-13 20:10 ` David Miller
2009-03-18 10:25 ` new Linux loader (Re: [PATCH] linux/gfxterm integration) Robert Millan
2009-03-18 13:09 ` phcoder [this message]
2009-03-21 17:50 ` Robert Millan
2009-03-22 16:00 ` [PATCH] build 32-bit Linux loader as `linux', rename legacy loader to `linux16' Robert Millan
2009-03-28 12:53 ` Robert Millan
2009-03-30 13:32 ` Pavel Roskin
2009-03-30 14:35 ` phcoder
2009-03-30 16:06 ` Yoshinori K. Okuji
2009-03-30 21:51 ` Pavel Roskin
2009-04-01 13:23 ` Robert Millan
2009-04-01 14:04 ` Pavel Roskin
2009-04-01 14:22 ` Robert Millan
2009-04-01 13:33 ` Robert Millan
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