From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1LlhLw-00040K-58 for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Mar 2009 06:25:56 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LlhLu-0003zv-Df for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Mar 2009 06:25:54 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LlhLq-0003yJ-0c for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Mar 2009 06:25:53 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=51089 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LlhLp-0003yG-QF for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Mar 2009 06:25:49 -0400 Received: from mail-fx0-f166.google.com ([209.85.220.166]:51722) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LlhLp-0007ca-7v for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Mar 2009 06:25:49 -0400 Received: by fxm10 with SMTP id 10so1583234fxm.42 for ; Mon, 23 Mar 2009 03:25:47 -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:content-type; bh=wZ/gZixVdtKlHRxDEYqGehkD1B29SmDHFQUAMipiZo0=; b=lm6vOdRsDQJi7O81zf9RFvgavJUwXGpKNb+8cLGX0AhmnzCZBZDc+Alliy+ZeaSSJw 6Fz6jiQynj5cjXsY6oTe5+RDUhpe+fczgxcRX3fTya1LquKvY1RTCAVzmNGGC8W3qFu7 G5QXTaznHAgasRQSag0qsEooWzyXLMtLzVr4w= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject :content-type; b=bOIjCWeTz8dXh6X1VTXkmwHt7GhzyMgbgYKfJEBstpKQUaL0OWe1HVd/+7dCbL9pde O1VYAnzKjKBdvt4L1wyGo5G7Sn0TnVlh6jNwYON0h6IYlsWgVJsoizE+GoWuR80iNTQI 0P/+AZIz0k8MRHg5m6VPg+UGFRLnAEBKc+ft4= Received: by 10.223.105.72 with SMTP id s8mr5899651fao.9.1237803947711; Mon, 23 Mar 2009 03:25:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?82.130.80.24? (hg-public-dock-24-dhcp.ethz.ch [82.130.80.24]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id e17sm8340722fke.8.2009.03.23.03.25.47 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Mon, 23 Mar 2009 03:25:47 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <49C763AB.5060601@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 11:25:47 +0100 From: phcoder User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (X11/20090318) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: The development of GRUB 2 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------080005010601080704020003" X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) Subject: [Fwd: Re: GRUB device names wrt. ieee1275] 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: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 10:25:54 -0000 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------080005010601080704020003 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -- Regards Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko --------------080005010601080704020003 Content-Type: message/rfc822; name="Re: GRUB device names wrt. ieee1275.eml" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; filename="Re: GRUB device names wrt. ieee1275.eml" Return-Path: Received: from ?82.130.80.24? (hg-public-dock-24-dhcp.ethz.ch [82.130.80.24]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 28sm8296921fkx.17.2009.03.23.03.11.58 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Mon, 23 Mar 2009 03:11:58 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <49C7606E.1070404@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 11:11:58 +0100 From: phcoder User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (X11/20090318) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: David Miller Subject: Re: GRUB device names wrt. ieee1275 References: <49C61E3D.3040901@gmail.com> <20090322.153022.233646325.davem@davemloft.net> <49C6C0E2.7020308@gmail.com> <20090322.181308.135919853.davem@davemloft.net> In-Reply-To: <20090322.181308.135919853.davem@davemloft.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit David Miller wrote: > From: phcoder > Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2009 23:51:14 +0100 > >> You could do it the way similar to how it's done on i386-pc: >> jmp use_hardcoded >> >> use_hardcoded: >> And then the grub-setup tool nops out the first jump if stage2 >> resides on a disk different than where bootblock is > > Sure we could do that. > > But I'm trying to figure out why to bother with this if I > already have all of the (tested) logic and infrastructure to > fill in the device path already? What about booting from removable device? In this case you can't assume that device path during install is still valid at booting > > It just seems like another case in the matrix which needs to > be tested, and can thus go wrong. -- Regards Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko --------------080005010601080704020003--