Re: [Linux-ia64] Re: New gnu-efi package and new boot loader available

[Stephane Eranian <eranian@frankl.hpl.hp.com>]

Bill,

> A few ELILO patches - one bugfix:
> - elilo-makefile.patch
>   Tweaks the dependency rules in the Makefile so it will rebuild OK if
>   you change one file.

Good.

>   
> one behavior change:
> - elilo-image.patch
>   Appends extra command-line parameters to any image parameters, instead
>   of overriding all of them. Overriding things like 'ro' or 'root='
>   should still work, AFAIK.

I did not check how LILO was behaving for comparison and you just gave me the
answer.

>   
> and two things catering to my personal preferences :) :
> - elilo-query.patch
>   Makes the '-q' behavior the default, and adds a '-Q' to turn on querying.
> - elilo-verbosity.patch
>   Wraps many messages with 'if (elilo_opt.verbose)'; also
>   turns off the timeout if an image was specified on the command line
> 
Fine.

I will integrate your patches into the new version of ELILO. I'll try to remember
to protect Print() with the verbose test. Also the new ELILO will have a config
file parsing that will be much cleaner and closer to the PC LILO. I adapted
the code and remove some options which did not make sense.  I just need to
integrate it to ELILO now. The new ELILO will also have netbooting support.

Also for now DO NOT USE THE initrd fix I submitted a few days back. We are
moving allocations around between ELILO and the kernel and at this point we
don't have a final answer. Probably the new kernel and ELILO will have the right
stuff and changes will be transparent to users. I am also planning on separating 
ELILO from the rest of the gnu-efi package because they don't evolve at the 
same pace.

Thanks for your contributions.