From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1LjvWN-0001dl-TX for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Mar 2009 09:09:23 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LjvWL-0001d7-Ks for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Mar 2009 09:09:21 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LjvWF-0001cR-S7 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Mar 2009 09:09:20 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=39729 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LjvWF-0001cO-Ne for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Mar 2009 09:09:15 -0400 Received: from mail-bw0-f167.google.com ([209.85.218.167]:49384) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LjvWF-0004UL-8V for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Mar 2009 09:09:15 -0400 Received: by bwz11 with SMTP id 11so37607bwz.42 for ; Wed, 18 Mar 2009 06:09:12 -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:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=tUW2MWIVTbz7WKiiVFc+9tjC6EyMicLSH9qLGfMDCbQ=; b=QvrTPspqRNubXeUDJkzSb4MAAjuu585OgNQsgpa0213k8xdn0LM4KhNNRsmuscVbXd 6YMCn9TIXqccFKJdvqkhfDeX7LYbkt+5WvpcRPJbfaXk4fu94JttAHjSgAgWjN5CBg7y 6fnFBVaTsQGbfWX3XGJzzz3XGS/NsmKzZ2Iw8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=kWO1poJgzBBJ+jt5nlhRe4DepWV06imnvZWeNrjBl4+S2+YnjyKyQie2tOteHZ/wks z+zaRNRKri6wChjmVyxJcpkwWFd4GevaWB2V7kRPu1orxj4UuSYN/w+bNwuWYjw7IyA7 DglRP+2GQMAcC4zl5jltjKgYPtz2P+dDTS97g= Received: by 10.103.222.1 with SMTP id z1mr525505muq.121.1237381752277; Wed, 18 Mar 2009 06:09:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?82.130.79.102? (ifw-public-dock-102-dhcp.ethz.ch [82.130.79.102]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 25sm222325mul.51.2009.03.18.06.09.11 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 18 Mar 2009 06:09:11 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <49C0F277.2050004@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:09:11 +0100 From: phcoder User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (X11/20090105) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: The development of GRUB 2 References: <20090306195735.GA9992@thorin> <20090308130106.GC28707@thorin> <49B3C9A2.3050101@nic.fi> <20090313194447.GA17416@thorin> <20090318102539.GE20072@thorin> In-Reply-To: <20090318102539.GE20072@thorin> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) Subject: Re: new Linux loader (Re: [PATCH] linux/gfxterm integration) 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, 18 Mar 2009 13:09:22 -0000 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