Some ideas about new features of grub

Hi, Here are some of my ideas about the new features of grub. Move kernel to a module. This make it possible to relocate the kernel. For example, we can use it to move grub-pc to upper memory, and free conventional memory for use by real mode os such as MS-DOS. grub can resides in memory even aft

Re: Some ideas about new features of grub

On Thu, 2009-07-02 at 16:48 +0800, Bean wrote: > Hi, > > Here are some of my ideas about the new features of grub. > > Move kernel to a module. > This make it possible to relocate the kernel. For example, we can use > it to move grub-pc to upper memory, and free conventional memory for > use by r

Re: where is grub2 roadmap?

On Thu, 2009-07-02 at 10:49 +0800, zhang Peter wrote: > Does anybody know how to get grub2 devel roadmap? > I'd like to take a look at it and decide how to join this open > project. Thanks! There is no official roadmap. The closest thing to that would be the TODO list on the GRUB wiki: http://gr

Re: where is grub2 roadmap?

Hello On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 7:57 PM, Pavel Roskin wrote: > On Thu, 2009-07-02 at 10:49 +0800, zhang Peter wrote: >> Does anybody know how to get grub2 devel roadmap? >> I'd like to take a look at it and decide how to join this open >> project. Thanks! > > There is no official roadmap.  The closes

Re: Some ideas about new features of grub

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Pavel Roskin a écrit : >> LUA integration. >> LUA is quite powerful, it's more suitable to do complicated task than >> sh script. For example, we can use it to detect os at runtime, >> implement simple commands, or draw the graphic menu. > > Yes, I th

Re: Some ideas about new features of grub

On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 7:51 PM, Pavel Roskin wrote: > On Thu, 2009-07-02 at 16:48 +0800, Bean wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Here are some of my ideas about the new features of grub. >> >> Move kernel to a module. >> This make it possible to relocate the kernel. For example, we can use >> it to move grub-pc t

[PATCH] add a snapshot version string to GRUB title

he version syntax is "PACKAGE_VERSION+DATE-N-rSVN" where DATE is the most recent date in ChangeLog and 'N' is the number of the entries for this date. If the last ChangeLog entry suggests that this is an official release, only "PACKAGE_VERSION" is used. The current st

Re: [PATCH] add a snapshot version string to GRUB title

On Thu, 2009-07-02 at 22:20 +0200, Christian Franke wrote: > Many "GNU GRUB version 1.96" used in production are likely builds from > more recent SVN snapshots. It would (IMO) be useful to have some info > about the actual installed version. I can tell from my experience with other projects tha

Re: Some ideas about new features of grub

On Thu, 2009-07-02 at 20:38 +0200, Duboucher Thomas wrote: > Pavel Roskin a écrit : > >> LUA integration. > >> LUA is quite powerful, it's more suitable to do complicated task than > >> sh script. For example, we can use it to detect os at runtime, > >> implement simple commands, or draw the graph

Absence notice

Hello. Tomorrow I go on my travel to France (RMLL) and won't be active till 14 July. I'll stay in contact but will not be able to review patches. I know that it doesn't change my status a lot right now - last week was pretty busy too. When I come back I'll catch up with the progress. If someone nee

Re: Some ideas about new features of grub

On Thu, 2009-07-02 at 21:38 +0200, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko wrote: > > I don't care about MS DOS. Other OSes should not need GRUB. If you > > want GRUB to be a supervisor or a microkernel, it's better that GRUB > > loads them instead of incorporating their functionality. > > > This isn't ab

Who comes to RMLL (was Re: Absence notice)

Does anyone else from this list comes to RMLL? On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 11:02 PM, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko wrote: > Hello. Tomorrow I go on my travel to France (RMLL) and won't be active > till 14 July. I'll stay in contact but will not be able to review > patches. I know that it doesn't change

Re: Some ideas about new features of grub

>> > Hard drives and CD-ROMs are usually large and would take a lot of space >> > in memory that would need to remain allocated.  I think we need a strong >> > case to start that effort. >> > >> Todays RAM is usually big enough. This feature would mainly be used to >> boot install images and not no

Re: [PATCH] add a snapshot version string to GRUB title

On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 10:39 PM, Pavel Roskin wrote: > On Thu, 2009-07-02 at 22:20 +0200, Christian Franke wrote: >> Many "GNU GRUB  version 1.96" used in production are likely builds from >> more recent SVN snapshots. It would (IMO) be useful to have some info >> about the actual installed version

Re: Absence notice

On Thu, 2009-07-02 at 23:02 +0200, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko wrote: > Hello. Tomorrow I go on my travel to France (RMLL) and won't be active > till 14 July. Bon voyage! :-) > I'll stay in contact but will not be able to review > patches. I know that it doesn't change my status a lot right no

Re: Absence notice

On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 12:08 AM, Pavel Roskin wrote: > On Thu, 2009-07-02 at 23:02 +0200, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko wrote: >> Hello. Tomorrow I go on my travel to France (RMLL) and won't be active >> till 14 July. > > Bon voyage! :-) Thanks > >>  I'll stay in contact but will not be able to rev

Re: [PATCH] add a snapshot version string to GRUB title

Pavel Roskin wrote: On Thu, 2009-07-02 at 22:20 +0200, Christian Franke wrote: Many "GNU GRUB version 1.96" used in production are likely builds from more recent SVN snapshots. It would (IMO) be useful to have some info about the actual installed version. I can tell from my experience with o