From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1Cry1L-0007f2-04 for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 21 Jan 2005 07:36:11 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Cry1J-0007eR-P9 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 21 Jan 2005 07:36:09 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Cry1H-0007cz-Cf for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 21 Jan 2005 07:36:07 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Cry1H-0007ca-01 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 21 Jan 2005 07:36:07 -0500 Received: from [145.74.66.11] (helo=mail-cn.han.nl) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CrxoZ-0002Oc-GU for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 21 Jan 2005 07:22:59 -0500 Received: from vscan-cn.han.nl (venus.han.nl [145.74.65.6]) by mail-cn.han.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id B65259EB7 for ; Fri, 21 Jan 2005 13:22:58 +0100 (CET) Received: from mail-cn.han.nl ([145.74.66.11]) by vscan-cn.han.nl (venus.han.nl [145.74.65.6]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 16485-04 for ; Fri, 21 Jan 2005 13:22:56 +0100 (CET) Received: from mail1.han.nl (mail1.han.nl [145.74.103.11]) by mail-cn.han.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id D23789E7C for ; Fri, 21 Jan 2005 13:22:56 +0100 (CET) Received: from marco.marco-g.com (mgerards.xs4all.nl [82.92.27.129]) by mail1.han.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 94B28C04B for ; Fri, 21 Jan 2005 13:22:53 +0100 (CET) Mail-Copies-To: metgerards@student.han.nl To: The development of GRUB 2 References: <1D080FCA-64FE-11D9-B21C-000A95A0560C@penguinppc.org> <200501181636.09127.okuji@enbug.org> <200501191106.58793.okuji@enbug.org> From: Marco Gerards Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 12:22:33 +0000 In-Reply-To: (Hollis Blanchard's message of "Thu, 20 Jan 2005 20:33:48 -0600") Message-ID: <87y8enezue.fsf@marco.marco-g.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new (2.2.0) at vscan-cn.han.nl Subject: Re: device syntax again 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: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 12:36:10 -0000 Hollis Blanchard writes: > The 'alias' suggestion is not bad, but it is one extra annoyance. "You > can use Open Firmware device names in GRUB, unless they contain a > comma. If they contain a comma, you must create an alias first." I see > that as an implementation detail that users shouldn't have to think > about. Right. But if you allow a comma, you'll create an ugly exception and I think the code shared between the archs get really ugly because of this. -- Marco