Re: patch for [xfs, grub-probe -t fs] and a question about lvm

[Bean]

On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 1:12 PM, Adrian Migraso
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> hi... can we add this patch... at least the first patch @ lines 249, i was
> trying to grub-probe the xfs filesystem under the lvm, and got some error...
>
> Also,... i have been trying to use the lvm.mod with the grub, the problem
> is, my logical volumes are not detected by 'ls' command during grub resucue>
>
> is lvm.mod ok?
>
> can i have a peek of how grub2 works? I mean its flow... thanks guys...
>
>
> --- 20080226/grub2/kern/disk.c  2008-02-08 12:22:51.000000000 +0000
> +++ grub2/kern/disk.c   2008-02-26 15:58:58.000000000 +0000
> @@ -246,7 +246,8 @@
>
>    for (dev = grub_disk_dev_list; dev; dev = dev->next)
>      {
> -      if ((dev->open) (raw, disk) == GRUB_ERR_NONE)
> +      grub_errno = (dev->open) (raw, disk);
> +      if (grub_errno == GRUB_ERR_NONE)
>         break;
>        else if (grub_errno == GRUB_ERR_UNKNOWN_DEVICE)
>         grub_errno = GRUB_ERR_NONE;
> @@ -364,7 +365,8 @@
>    grub_dprintf ("disk", "Reading `%s'...\n", disk->name);
>
>    /* First of all, check if the region is within the disk.  */
> -  if (grub_disk_check_range (disk, &sector, &offset, size) !=
> GRUB_ERR_NONE)
> +  grub_errno = grub_disk_check_range (disk, &sector, &offset, size);
> +  if (grub_errno != GRUB_ERR_NONE)
>      {
>        grub_error_push ();
>        grub_dprintf ("disk", "Read out of range: sector 0x%llx (%s).\n",
> @@ -407,9 +409,9 @@
>        else
>         {
>           /* Otherwise read data from the disk actually.  */
> -         if ((disk->dev->read) (disk, start_sector,
> -                                GRUB_DISK_CACHE_SIZE, tmp_buf)
> -             != GRUB_ERR_NONE)
> +         grub_errno = (disk->dev->read) (disk, start_sector,
> +                                GRUB_DISK_CACHE_SIZE, tmp_buf);
> +         if (grub_errno != GRUB_ERR_NONE)
>             {
>               /* Uggh... Failed. Instead, just read necessary data.  */
>               unsigned num;

It's generally not a good idea to set grub_errno directly, have you
got a reason to do so ?

-- 
Bean


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