On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 05:54:19PM -0400, Pavel Roskin wrote: > On Sun, 2009-08-23 at 13:03 +0200, Robert Millan wrote: > > > Pavel, if you could confirm that you're ok with checking for module > > existance, maybe Felix' patch can be made simpler. > > Generally, I would prefer not to rely on the existence of modules, as > it's a poor substitute for the knowledge whether they are actually > functional on the target hardware.
I suppose we could put that knowledge into *.rmk files (i.e. stop building gfxterm on platforms that don't have video backends). But it's a bit annoying since it forces us to maintain duplicate declarations for it. -- 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
