On Fri, Feb 08, 2008 at 06:44:26PM +0000, Sam Morris wrote:
>
> While that works, the output looks like this:
>
> Entering rescue mode...
> error: out of disk
> > _
>
> Which does not present the information in the clearest possible way: it
> looks like the error happened in the rescue mode code, instead of the
> normal mode code.
>
> Also, the error message could be lost if any of the code between the
> start of grub_enter_rescue_mode and its call to grub_print_error itself
> triggers an error.
>
> For these reasons I think it's better to call grub_print_error from
> within grub_load_normal.
Agreed. See attached patch. Does this work as expected ?
--
Robert Millan
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2008-02-08 Robert Millan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* kern/main.c (grub_load_normal_mode): Do not reset `grub_errno'. Call
grub_print_error() instead. This will let user know why we're entering
rescue mode.
Based on suggestions from Sam Morris.
diff -x configure -x config.h.in -x CVS -x '*~' -x '*.mk' -urp -N ../grub2/kern/main.c ./kern/main.c
--- ../grub2/kern/main.c 2008-01-05 13:04:35.000000000 +0100
+++ ./kern/main.c 2008-02-08 20:11:52.000000000 +0100
@@ -102,8 +102,8 @@ grub_load_normal_mode (void)
/* Load the module. */
grub_dl_load ("normal");
- /* Ignore any error, because we have the rescue mode anyway. */
- grub_errno = GRUB_ERR_NONE;
+ /* Something went wrong. Print errors here to let user know why we're entering rescue mode. */
+ grub_print_error ();
}
/* The main routine. */
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