Re: Broken common.rmk change

2009-12-24 Thread Robert Millan
On Wed, Dec 09, 2009 at 10:45:16PM +0100, Robert Millan wrote: > On Mon, Dec 07, 2009 at 10:23:51PM +0100, Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' > Serbinenko wrote: > > Seth proposed a hinting technique: > > search --fs_uuid ... -s root --hint hd0,1 > > then hd0,1 will be checked first and only on failure it

Re: Broken common.rmk change

2009-12-10 Thread Seth Goldberg
That was my intent, yes. --S Quoting BVK Chaitanya, who wrote the following on Thu, 10 Dec 2009: On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 3:15 AM, Robert Millan wrote: On Mon, Dec 07, 2009 at 10:23:51PM +0100, Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko wrote: Seth proposed a hinting technique: search --fs_uu

Re: Broken common.rmk change

2009-12-09 Thread BVK Chaitanya
On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 3:15 AM, Robert Millan wrote: > On Mon, Dec 07, 2009 at 10:23:51PM +0100, Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' > Serbinenko wrote: >> Seth proposed a hinting technique: >> search --fs_uuid ... -s root --hint hd0,1 >> then hd0,1 will be checked first and only on failure it will rever

Re: Broken common.rmk change

2009-12-09 Thread Robert Millan
On Mon, Dec 07, 2009 at 10:23:51PM +0100, Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko wrote: > Seth proposed a hinting technique: > search --fs_uuid ... -s root --hint hd0,1 > then hd0,1 will be checked first and only on failure it will revert to > scanning Sounds good. -- Robert Millan The DRM op

Re: Broken common.rmk change

2009-12-07 Thread David Miller
From: Robert Millan Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2009 15:04:11 +0100 > On Sun, Dec 06, 2009 at 04:21:50PM -0800, David Miller wrote: >> From: Robert Millan >> Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2009 14:10:26 +0100 >> >> > We're actually in the process of getting rid of device.map; >> >> Meanwhile, please fix the regression

Re: Broken common.rmk change

2009-12-07 Thread Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
Robert Millan wrote: > On Mon, Dec 07, 2009 at 11:50:33AM -0800, David Miller wrote: > >> From: Robert Millan >> Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2009 15:05:16 +0100 >> >> >>> On Sun, Dec 06, 2009 at 05:22:52PM -0800, David Miller wrote: >>> From: Robert Millan Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2009 14:1

Re: Broken common.rmk change

2009-12-07 Thread Robert Millan
On Mon, Dec 07, 2009 at 11:50:33AM -0800, David Miller wrote: > From: Robert Millan > Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2009 15:05:16 +0100 > > > On Sun, Dec 06, 2009 at 05:22:52PM -0800, David Miller wrote: > >> From: Robert Millan > >> Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2009 14:10:26 +0100 > >> > >> > grub-mkconfig generates a

Re: Broken common.rmk change

2009-12-07 Thread David Miller
From: Robert Millan Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2009 15:05:16 +0100 > On Sun, Dec 06, 2009 at 05:22:52PM -0800, David Miller wrote: >> From: Robert Millan >> Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2009 14:10:26 +0100 >> >> > grub-mkconfig generates a grub.cfg that relies on UUIDs instead >> > of hardcoding, etc. >> >> Well, f

Re: Broken common.rmk change

2009-12-07 Thread Robert Millan
On Sun, Dec 06, 2009 at 05:22:52PM -0800, David Miller wrote: > From: Robert Millan > Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2009 14:10:26 +0100 > > > grub-mkconfig generates a grub.cfg that relies on UUIDs instead > > of hardcoding, etc. > > Well, for one thing I don't use initrd's for my Linux kernels, > therefore

Re: Broken common.rmk change

2009-12-07 Thread Robert Millan
On Sun, Dec 06, 2009 at 04:21:50PM -0800, David Miller wrote: > From: Robert Millan > Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2009 14:10:26 +0100 > > > We're actually in the process of getting rid of device.map; > > Meanwhile, please fix the regression you added to the tree. :-) I think this should do it. Please can

Re: Broken common.rmk change

2009-12-07 Thread Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
David Miller wrote: > From: Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko > Date: Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:48:07 +0100 > > >> The problem actually is the following: >> When we're in OS we know the OS device name but not the firmware device >> name. So we're able to generate correct root= for kernel command

Re: Broken common.rmk change

2009-12-07 Thread David Miller
From: Vladimir '$B&U(B-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko Date: Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:48:07 +0100 > The problem actually is the following: > When we're in OS we know the OS device name but not the firmware device > name. So we're able to generate correct root= for kernel command line > but can only guess

Re: Broken common.rmk change

2009-12-07 Thread David Miller
From: Colin Watson Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2009 10:20:16 + > On Sun, Dec 06, 2009 at 05:22:52PM -0800, David Miller wrote: >> From: Robert Millan >> Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2009 14:10:26 +0100 >> >> > grub-mkconfig generates a grub.cfg that relies on UUIDs instead >> > of hardcoding, etc. >> >> Well, fo

Re: Broken common.rmk change

2009-12-07 Thread Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
David Miller wrote: > From: Robert Millan > Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2009 14:10:26 +0100 > > >> grub-mkconfig generates a grub.cfg that relies on UUIDs instead >> of hardcoding, etc. >> > > Well, for one thing I don't use initrd's for my Linux kernels, > therefore specifying root devices via UUIDs

Re: Broken common.rmk change

2009-12-07 Thread Colin Watson
On Sun, Dec 06, 2009 at 05:22:52PM -0800, David Miller wrote: > From: Robert Millan > Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2009 14:10:26 +0100 > > > grub-mkconfig generates a grub.cfg that relies on UUIDs instead > > of hardcoding, etc. > > Well, for one thing I don't use initrd's for my Linux kernels, > therefore

Re: Broken common.rmk change

2009-12-06 Thread David Miller
From: Robert Millan Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2009 14:10:26 +0100 > grub-mkconfig generates a grub.cfg that relies on UUIDs instead > of hardcoding, etc. Well, for one thing I don't use initrd's for my Linux kernels, therefore specifying root devices via UUIDs isn't going to work. _

Re: Broken common.rmk change

2009-12-06 Thread David Miller
From: Robert Millan Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2009 14:10:26 +0100 > We're actually in the process of getting rid of device.map; Meanwhile, please fix the regression you added to the tree. :-) And I'll look into what you've mentioned to see if that kind of scheme will work properly on Sparc. __

Re: Broken common.rmk change

2009-12-06 Thread Robert Millan
On Sun, Dec 06, 2009 at 01:21:46AM -0800, David Miller wrote: > > Robert, the set of objects used to build grub-mkdevicemap on > sparc64-ieee1275 is not the same as those used on other architectures. > So this change was not correct: > > 2009-11-26 Robert Millan > > * conf/common.rmk (s

Broken common.rmk change

2009-12-06 Thread David Miller
Robert, the set of objects used to build grub-mkdevicemap on sparc64-ieee1275 is not the same as those used on other architectures. So this change was not correct: 2009-11-26 Robert Millan * conf/common.rmk (sbin_UTILITIES): Add `grub-mkdevicemap'. ... * conf/i386-coreboot.rm