From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1NTHpE-0006jW-Kr for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Jan 2010 11:36:36 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NTHpC-0006iH-Da for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Jan 2010 11:36:34 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NTHp7-0006fY-T7 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Jan 2010 11:36:34 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=50147 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NTHp7-0006fR-KI for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Jan 2010 11:36:29 -0500 Received: from mail-yx0-f177.google.com ([209.85.210.177]:49099) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NTHp7-0000AO-81 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Jan 2010 11:36:29 -0500 Received: by yxe7 with SMTP id 7so19311582yxe.25 for ; Fri, 08 Jan 2010 08:36:28 -0800 (PST) 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=4nouZ276k0vZn87gbUk8u5g2ZLsY0249SWC3x2kDe7U=; b=jYxYoWNhuGIMBvGHsYjSUgBMn8P39+7vw1DNqA/WU+YPhSXuig+HZITuTkFJUngEow r08eHwkbGyq253Oa0i8geZAB4gsFWc3jqyUZMMD9/LDm7JbajLGmsA+o7pkDlDd9fKZW vCIaUt/yDlFXcvjxKTTCpCp7ab82oDeof2GI0= 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=KiEnIfKDjGuifrAdfbiAQEdT8bdeSzfuVRZ5+VbLeAj0fRBEC3v9EyWie48TzK+R+p 2S4w9ARqaH+qtUNG9MpjTXiuGL4WrL1qnkD61Y4KfqotZef5dHPTMM+HYzmcgUFKWxNM xfhXbkfQcgQLm/dj7kn66Xo5w6kClP+z8/1Io= Received: by 10.101.132.10 with SMTP id j10mr5024718ann.84.1262968588294; Fri, 08 Jan 2010 08:36:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?192.168.0.75? (cpe-24-174-183-197.satx.res.rr.com [24.174.183.197]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 39sm9313234yxd.63.2010.01.08.08.36.26 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Fri, 08 Jan 2010 08:36:27 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4B475F09.6010706@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 08 Jan 2010 10:36:25 -0600 From: Bruce Dubbs User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.16) Gecko/20080722 SeaMonkey/1.1.11 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: The development of GNU GRUB References: <20091207172522.GA31361@riva.ucam.org> <20091209214915.GF7093@thorin> <20091209230443.GH6439@riva.ucam.org> <20091210005527.GB15546@thorin> <20091210081252.GI6439@riva.ucam.org> <20091224211827.GH12122@thorin> <20091226132551.GA20730@thorin> <20100106160023.GS5847@riva.ucam.org> <20100107213010.GE26340@thorin> <4B465DBD.6010400@gmail.com> <20100107223309.GD5847@riva.ucam.org> <4B46C234.2010506@gmail.com> <1262944968.2685.4.camel@fz.local> In-Reply-To: <1262944968.2685.4.camel@fz.local> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) Subject: Re: [RFC] Dynamic device.map X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GNU GRUB List-Id: The development of GNU GRUB List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:36:34 -0000 Felix Zielcke wrote: > Am Donnerstag, den 07.01.2010, 23:27 -0600 schrieb Bruce Dubbs: >> OK, I didn't realize set root was capable of using UUIDs. I did know >> that the two root entries were different. I got that mixed up with >> the >> search command combined with the root=UUID=... which I think needs >> initrd. >> >> Do I have it right now? > > set root only supports plain GRUB devices. > search --set sets $root (for GRUB, not for Linux) to the first device > found with that UUID, LABEL or file. Depending on the other argument to > search command. > >> Should 'set root' be renamed to 'set grubroot'? I think something >> like that would prevent some confusion. > I don't get why there's a confusion at all. > It should be clear that the value specified with the linux command is > for it and not for GRUB. It's not confusing if you've been around GRUB for a while, but it is confusing for new users. The term 'root' is overloaded and only distinguished by context. The two contexts do have similar meanings so the differences are really fairly subtle. -- Bruce