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[178.196.188.85]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id j46sm32188801eew.18.2013.12.09.11.17.46 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Mon, 09 Dec 2013 11:17:47 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <52A6175A.3020005@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2013 20:17:46 +0100 From: =?UTF-8?B?VmxhZGltaXIgJ8+GLWNvZGVyL3BoY29kZXInIFNlcmJpbmVua28=?= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20131103 Icedove/17.0.10 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: The development of GNU GRUB Subject: Re: [PATCH] Arch Linux specific grub-mkconfig fixes References: In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 1.6 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="HAVMJDQ6480a2LpW0SXAtWI385qN4MooC" X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2a00:1450:4013:c00::230 X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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: Mon, 09 Dec 2013 19:18:01 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --HAVMJDQ6480a2LpW0SXAtWI385qN4MooC Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable This patch clearly doesn't have right attributions, not split according to functional changes and some of parts were already discussed. As-is patch is unacceptable, the biggest problem being the lack of right attribution. E.g. some parts are apparently by WIP patch by Alexander Kurtz yet he's never mentioned at all. Please never ever send patches to GRUB under wrong authorship acknowledge= s. On 09.12.2013 20:11, Keshav Padram Amburay wrote: > Hi, >=20 > This patch has been used in Arch Linux's GRUB(2) package for quite some= > time (ever since the release of grub 2.00).=20 >=20 > The main feature that distinguishes Arch Linux from other distros is > that its kernel and initramfs (core/linux pkg) are always installed at > /boot/vmlinuz-linux and /boot/initramfs-linux.img and this path does no= t > contain the actual kernel version info and therefore does not change > with kernel updates, unlike other distros. >=20 > Also Arch Linux includes a secondary (fallback) initramfs image > at /boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img which contains modules, that are > excluded by autodetect hook in the normal initramfs image > at /boot/initramfs-linux.img . Thus if the user is unable to boot > using /boot/initramfs-linux.img, he/she may be able to boot > using /boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img . Arch Linux and its > derivatives use this kind of fallback initramfs setup. This patch also > adds detection of this fallback initramfs image. >=20 > I have attached the patch instead of sending this via git-send-mail, > because 1) I haven't setup git-send-mail, and 2) Mail program seems to > screw up the line indentation. >=20 > With Best Regards, >=20 > Keshav >=20 >=20 > _______________________________________________ > Grub-devel mailing list > Grub-devel@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel >=20 --HAVMJDQ6480a2LpW0SXAtWI385qN4MooC Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.15 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Icedove - http://www.enigmail.net/ iF4EAREKAAYFAlKmF1oACgkQmBXlbbo5nOscSQD/SVjhhoa7ODzqs6brt/RGHZic yllVmBsAniEr2HOfNrUA/0hbLGN2dL0pmGFjrNRGN9Vo8dSUqw/TRZ90aiU019PF =0qlD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --HAVMJDQ6480a2LpW0SXAtWI385qN4MooC--