From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1MaZUK-0006Pt-Sf for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:20:52 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MaZUI-0006Pd-C6 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:20:50 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MaZUG-0006PR-SQ for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:20:49 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=45345 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MaZUG-0006PO-N2 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:20:48 -0400 Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com ([72.14.220.158]:61680) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MaZUG-0007oR-66 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:20:48 -0400 Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id l27so453350fgb.7 for ; Mon, 10 Aug 2009 11:20:46 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:sender:received:in-reply-to :references:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=3kSTbmYKoJkmr0SqBZ3iHWD12vNiXJy+8XqXPdtCzb0=; b=SqvRaGMIeRKJqBfXLZPydTiF7RVd2TzoQOsuc/9Mq8BSCtvIO/ibMTSCBKvXDOjwbh jmhT7hcJnpSF/9o+qbWGtyfktEKoc9vb8Dhi416sbhLbQskxsSk+W0YPBtc6JxCEY4+z ACt4cn8hMhM6+NPE4CdbQjb0ivdbX/kYFUH+Q= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=EV+DMeRN7agqN8H7W2H3vj6zz7ocuUsZPEzY7qmHW/CLol7d9TzdodQrnXgTSNnO2F PH2xuKCFQgo75O8b9GvydyX/thYfm4vDVshIvFjl0G6y0eM5JWO9lpN/8XlOmzjfl5Du 9otwLA5IhmL8w5hRl3FSHPHMSPDtfRXPR3bME= MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: hramrach@gmail.com Received: by 10.86.60.9 with SMTP id i9mr3454827fga.10.1249928446733; Mon, 10 Aug 2009 11:20:46 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20090810161040.GA16306@thorin> References: <20090810161040.GA16306@thorin> Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:20:46 +0200 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 5ffd4c3fac7404e9 Message-ID: From: Michal Suchanek To: The development of GRUB 2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) Subject: Re: RFC: 1.97 roadmap 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, 10 Aug 2009 18:20:51 -0000 2009/8/10 Robert Millan : > > Hi, > > I think it's time we begin the discussion on GRUB 1.97. =C2=A0What do we = want to > see in it, and a rough schedule. =C2=A01.97 is meant to be a point releas= e, without > any major changes (I mean, except for those we already have ;-)), and it = should > happen soon (like this month or so). > > Here's what I'd like to see included: > > =C2=A0- Low memory heap (useful to move code off kern/i386/pc/startup.S). > =C2=A0- Authentication support (even if it only supports passwords initia= lly). > =C2=A0- Gettext. > =C2=A0- Integrated "hiddenmenu" functionality. > =C2=A0- Other cleanups, like Vladimir's video split. If the video split is done properly then doing screen rotation on top of it should be easy. I would like to see that as well. However, I am unsure as to how this would be configured. In my current attempt to get this into the video mode parser without adding too much stuff I have added a small bit that extracts the direction from a few letters that are in front of the size. ie 800x600x32 gives 800x600 resolution in 32bpp E800x600 or MF800x600x16 gives 800x600 resolution with screen in another direction. This should work but I am not sure this would a nice way to specify the screen direction for the end user. What is the state of graphics on EFI? Thanks Michal