Re: [PATCH] Don't try to use help2man when cross-compiling

2009-09-10 Thread Colin Watson
On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 09:20:19PM +0200, Robert Millan wrote: > On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 04:37:29PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > > Index: configure.ac > > === > > --- configure.ac(revision 2584) > > +++ configure.ac(working cop

Re: PXEgrub development on grub2

2009-09-10 Thread Seth Goldberg
It sounds good. Looks like gPXE should work on EFI. I will try to build an image. Though that doestn't change that pxe.mod is currently only build for i386-pc and nothing else Does anyone have any patches that enable PXE on EFI-firmware-based systems? --S _

[PATCH] move DAC register setting to linux.c

2009-09-10 Thread Robert Millan
It didn't really seem right that we were *setting* values in the DAC palette register in a function that was only meant to retrieve video mode information. So I would rather move this to the Linux loader. In the event that other loaders would need this facility, it can be moved into a shared fun

[PATCH] loopback vs. 'set root='

2009-09-10 Thread Colin Watson
For Wubi, I'd like to do something like this: set root=... # actually prepare_grub_to_access_device loopback loop0 /ubuntu/disks/root.disk set root=(loop0) linux /boot/... Unfortunately, if you set root after running loopback, any attempts to open files on the loopback device resolve the

[PATCH] fix memory corruption issues in grub_vbe_bios_getset_dac_palette()

2009-09-10 Thread Robert Millan
These were spotted by Colin Watson. Unfortunately, users report that it doesn't fix the problem for them. But the fix almost certainly looks good, so I'm inclined to commit it. I'd appreciate if more people can review this code (my proposed changes and the function as a whole). I can't see any

Re: [PATCH] 64-bit file sizes in NTFS

2009-09-10 Thread Colin Watson
On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 09:17:54PM +0200, Robert Millan wrote: > On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 05:39:14PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > > Index: include/grub/ntfs.h > > === > > --- include/grub/ntfs.h (revision 2584) > > +++ include/grub/

Re: About menu interface discussion...

2009-09-10 Thread Lars Nooden
Robert Millan wrote: > I'd just like to mention that this isn't really good timing for such > discussion ... keep in mind my lack of participation doesn't imply > implicit approval. +1 > When the time is right... When is the anticipated release of 1.97? ("When it's time" is an answer, too) If i

Re: [PATCH] Don't try to use help2man when cross-compiling

2009-09-10 Thread Robert Millan
On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 04:37:29PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > John Taylor reported that this patch fixes one of his problems in > http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?27349. It's been a while since I had > anything to do with Autoconf's cross-compiling support, so does this > look reasonable? The "cross

Re: [PATCH] 64-bit file sizes in NTFS

2009-09-10 Thread Robert Millan
On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 05:39:14PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > Index: include/grub/ntfs.h > === > --- include/grub/ntfs.h (revision 2584) > +++ include/grub/ntfs.h (working copy) > @@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ struct grub_fshelp_no

About menu interface discussion...

2009-09-10 Thread Robert Millan
I'd just like to mention that this isn't really good timing for such discussion, and in fact I'm not following it. I'm focused on the 1.97 release at this time. This doesn't mean there's a problem with discussing a menu overhaul, but if you do, keep in mind my lack of participation doesn't imply

Re: chmod of generated grub.cfg

2009-09-10 Thread Felix Zielcke
Am Donnerstag, den 10.09.2009, 20:56 +0200 schrieb Robert Millan: > On Tue, Sep 08, 2009 at 04:51:41PM +0200, Felix Zielcke wrote: > > Am Dienstag, den 08.09.2009, 16:48 +0200 schrieb Robert Millan: > > > On Sun, Sep 06, 2009 at 07:22:36PM +0200, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko > > > wrote: > > > >

Re: PXEgrub development on grub2

2009-09-10 Thread Robert Millan
On Wed, Sep 09, 2009 at 05:04:35PM +0200, Michal Suchanek wrote: > HEllo > > 2009/9/9 Felix Zielcke : > > Am Mittwoch, den 09.09.2009, 17:07 +0300 schrieb Lars Nooden: > >> I see that all new work is on Grub2.  What timeline is there for > >> bringing the pxegrub functionality forward to grub2 fro

Re: chmod of generated grub.cfg

2009-09-10 Thread Robert Millan
On Tue, Sep 08, 2009 at 04:51:41PM +0200, Felix Zielcke wrote: > Am Dienstag, den 08.09.2009, 16:48 +0200 schrieb Robert Millan: > > On Sun, Sep 06, 2009 at 07:22:36PM +0200, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko > > wrote: > > > On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 3:38 PM, Colin Watson wrote: > > > > On Sun, Sep 06,

Re: [PATCH] Don't try to use help2man when cross-compiling

2009-09-10 Thread Felix Zielcke
Am Donnerstag, den 10.09.2009, 16:37 +0100 schrieb Colin Watson: > John Taylor reported that this patch fixes one of his problems in > http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?27349. It's been a while since I had > anything to do with Autoconf's cross-compiling support, so does this > look reasonable? The "cr

[PATCH] 64-bit file sizes in NTFS

2009-09-10 Thread Colin Watson
NTFS "non-resident" files (i.e. ones for which pa[8] is true) may have 64-bit sizes. This patch updates GRUB's NTFS driver to understand this. (I ran into this when helping out one of the Wubi developers who was trying to use 'loopback' to look inside an ext3 filesystem image stored on an NTFS fil

[PATCH] Don't try to use help2man when cross-compiling

2009-09-10 Thread Colin Watson
John Taylor reported that this patch fixes one of his problems in http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?27349. It's been a while since I had anything to do with Autoconf's cross-compiling support, so does this look reasonable? The "cross_compiling" variable was added in a considerably older version of Auto

Re: PXEgrub development on grub2

2009-09-10 Thread Felix Zielcke
Am Donnerstag, den 10.09.2009, 14:39 +0200 schrieb Michal Suchanek: > 2009/9/9 Seth Goldberg : > > > > > > Quoting Michal Suchanek, who wrote the following on Wed, 9 Sep 2009: > > > >> HEllo > >> > >> 2009/9/9 Felix Zielcke : > >>> > >>> Am Mittwoch, den 09.09.2009, 17:07 +0300 schrieb Lars Nooden:

Re: PXEgrub development on grub2

2009-09-10 Thread Michal Suchanek
2009/9/9 Seth Goldberg : > > > Quoting Michal Suchanek, who wrote the following on Wed, 9 Sep 2009: > >> HEllo >> >> 2009/9/9 Felix Zielcke : >>> >>> Am Mittwoch, den 09.09.2009, 17:07 +0300 schrieb Lars Nooden: I see that all new work is on Grub2.  What timeline is there for bringin

[PATCH] Fix 'acpi' command loading tables from disk

2009-09-10 Thread xose
The 'acpi' command currently fails to add ACPI tables loaded from disk. The files are read and parsed correctly, but the tables are never actually added to the tables list. The following patch fixes this bug: diff --git a/commands/acpi.c b/commands/acpi.c index d903d44..e7cb9e6 100644 --- a/comm

Re: [GITGRUB] New menu interface (second draft)

2009-09-10 Thread Michal Suchanek
2009/9/10 Bean : > On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 3:26 PM, Michal Suchanek wrote: >> I don't know why you would move or resize a window. If there is only >> one window displayed it should get sized and placed reasonably from >> the start. Since grub has no threading you cannot have something like >> two

Re: [GITGRUB] New menu interface (second draft)

2009-09-10 Thread Bean
On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 3:26 PM, Michal Suchanek wrote: > I don't know why you would move or resize a window. If there is only > one window displayed it should get sized and placed reasonably from > the start. Since grub has no threading you cannot have something like > two applications running in

Re: [GITGRUB] New menu interface (second draft)

2009-09-10 Thread Michal Suchanek
2009/9/10 Bean : > On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 8:38 AM, Michal Suchanek wrote: >> hello >> >> 2009/9/9 Bean : >>> On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 6:53 PM, Michal Suchanek wrote: 2009/9/8 Bean : > Hi, > > After more consideration, perhaps we should use the following > component structure: >