On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 04:36:51PM +0300, Mikko Rantalainen wrote: > >> Is there some way we can make this simpler without compromising on boot > >> speed? Adding more setup burden to the user should be the last ressort > >> IMO. > >> > > [...] > > Another usage is if OS doesn't deal with situation correctly. > > [...] > > If you consider this patch too hackish it can stay in my repo and > > people who really need can be said to use my repo or external module. > > If you consider this tweak possibility reasonable we can merge it > > I don't know if the code quality is up to the requirements for getting > in the official trunk but I don't think that any method to deal with > broken BIOS or hardware cannot be too hackish. If the hardware (and this > includes the firmware) is broken and there's some hack that can make it > usable, just apply the hack. IMHO.
Working around broken BIOS or hardware can be ok. It's putting burden on the user what sounds problematic. -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all." _______________________________________________ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
