From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from list by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.71) id 1VqAL8-0005Vh-58 for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Dec 2013 18:34:14 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:38614) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VqAKy-0005IX-1k for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Dec 2013 18:34:12 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VqAKp-0007lr-KU for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Dec 2013 18:34:03 -0500 Received: from mail-ee0-x229.google.com ([2a00:1450:4013:c00::229]:39402) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VqAKp-0007lX-Dt for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Dec 2013 18:33:55 -0500 Received: by mail-ee0-f41.google.com with SMTP id t10so1893266eei.14 for ; Mon, 09 Dec 2013 15:33:54 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type; bh=kMeo4d0cEqU3WVxQfXZXMWzyHghn8QPJRWIwpq5O76A=; b=GH6KHC/d+NZOHl/qt4TmBejkD/TjZc/lkhO9Ui/T/XJqDqaVTEtdSrUSaupSXZ43L7 Daqem/GNW7aPwpoNV7aJg9ScYADEICTcnezQvep4Cv+7GKE6gOucAJrLLQhQxwGsunQE J45WUbCv+bb7dDXZJIJUjqzkrgChuybHmpB36yng/6Wt6mnWkQ7NAI9Wnq0JcN4HpL2I rXJX3b7jiGS4Xl0ffG8wYaYVMfiRdG59Kwo7SEwFsAENw4l1e3CEhY/+sOv6si+iwcnw vd3x8/NItfSbbTg+OdG4SfelySLxM5cFxP+HGlSSigCsZzVrkt7rqjLvT08+oRti6J0U Rhsg== X-Received: by 10.14.115.133 with SMTP id e5mr5105723eeh.91.1386632034586; Mon, 09 Dec 2013 15:33:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.1.16] (85-188.196-178.cust.bluewin.ch. [178.196.188.85]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id o47sm34296665eem.21.2013.12.09.15.33.51 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Mon, 09 Dec 2013 15:33:51 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <52A6535E.10705@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 00:33:50 +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 v0] Require human interaction to go to normal shell if grub.cfg has a problem References: <1385423208-18212-1-git-send-email-jonmccune@google.com> <20131128213455.2aa3d691@opensuse.site> <20131207163503.6d0c54ee@opensuse.site> In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 1.6 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="t7v0wMfJMpVu8xtEMTpkbx4ptKc54Ir9d" X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2a00:1450:4013:c00::229 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 23:34:12 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --t7v0wMfJMpVu8xtEMTpkbx4ptKc54Ir9d Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 09.12.2013 16:25, Jonathan McCune wrote: > Good point. This is another interesting option. I'm not sure how > generally reliable it is for BIOS systems either, but it seems like a > case worth considering. The call has been around for a long time. I think originally it launched BASIC in ROM. It hasn't been used by microsoft so may not be reliable. On the other hand it's used by option roms to indicate to proceed to next boot option so I expect it to work as long as next boot option is defined. --t7v0wMfJMpVu8xtEMTpkbx4ptKc54Ir9d 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/ iF4EAREKAAYFAlKmU14ACgkQmBXlbbo5nOvUpwEAiJXMbhOiM0CRR35Bc4zd+7li pSVI8iPub99kJFe6Y/MA/AiZViscmIjOYbeyzRcv10P1VFgANDWf7uotV5BYXRSW =cnxD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --t7v0wMfJMpVu8xtEMTpkbx4ptKc54Ir9d--