Re: [GITGRUB] New menu interface (implementation)

2009-09-20 Thread Michal Suchanek
2009/9/19 Bean : > On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 10:38 PM, Michal Suchanek wrote: >> Hello >> >> 2009/9/16 Bean : >> >>> set gfxmode="640x480" >>> loadfont /unifont.pf2 >>> ismod vbe >>> insmod png >>> menutest >>> >>> It runs four tests, it would pause after each test, press any key to >>> continue. >

Re: -Werror and --disable-werror

2009-09-20 Thread Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko
richardvo...@gmail.com wrote: > On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 9:12 AM, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko > wrote: > >> Robert Millan wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> -Werror is not in effect. This will help ensuring that all new code is >>> checked to be warning-free before commit (incidentally, I found a

Re: [GITGRUB] New menu interface (implementation)

2009-09-20 Thread Michal Suchanek
2009/9/19 Bean : > On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 10:38 PM, Michal Suchanek wrote: >> Hello >> >> 2009/9/16 Bean : >> >>> set gfxmode="640x480" >>> loadfont /unifont.pf2 >>> ismod vbe >>> insmod png >>> menutest >>> >>> It runs four tests, it would pause after each test, press any key to >>> continue. >

Re: [GITGRUB] New menu interface (implementation)

2009-09-20 Thread Michal Suchanek
2009/9/19 richardvo...@gmail.com : > On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 1:45 PM, Michal Suchanek wrote: >> Hello >> >> why does the menu system have a glyph drawing function? >> >> Is the one in font.c not suitable? >> >> Why are there two methods for returning text width and height, one in >> gfx_region in

Re: About firmware facilities

2009-09-20 Thread Brendan Trotter
Hi, On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 11:36 PM, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko wrote: > Brendan Trotter wrote: >>> No. Usuable means only that firmware isn't destroyed. Any device may >>> be in a different state >> >> Any device (that the firmware assumes is in a certain state) may be >> left in a different

[Report] Can't compile grub on OSX

2009-09-20 Thread Yves Blusseau
Hi, the mainstream didn't compile on OSX: gcc-4.2 -Iloader/i386 -I./loader/i386 -I. -I./include -I./include - Wall -W -Wall -W -Wshadow -Wpointer-arith -Wmissing- prototypes -Wundef -Wstrict-prototypes -g -Os -falign- jumps=1 -falign-loops=1 -falign-functions=1 -DAPPLE_CC=1

Re: [Report] Can't compile grub on OSX

2009-09-20 Thread Felix Zielcke
Am Sonntag, den 20.09.2009, 12:44 +0200 schrieb Yves Blusseau: > Hi, > > the mainstream didn't compile on OSX: > > gcc-4.2 -Iloader/i386 -I./loader/i386 -I. -I./include -I./include - > Wall -W -Wall -W -Wshadow -Wpointer-arith -Wmissing- > prototypes -Wundef -Wstrict-prototype

Re: About firmware facilities

2009-09-20 Thread Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko
Brendan Trotter wrote: > Hi, > > On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 11:36 PM, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko > wrote: > >> Brendan Trotter wrote: >> No. Usuable means only that firmware isn't destroyed. Any device may be in a different state >>> Any device (that the firmware as

Re: [PATCH]: Save boot record before writing to the dest_drive

2009-09-20 Thread Robert Millan
On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 11:09:17PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 11:10:49PM +0200, Robert Millan wrote: > > I'm sorry, but I really see very limited usefulness in this. It's only > > potentially useful to expert users, but those should know how to backup > > sectors in their

Current Grub2 & problem with /boot on different drive

2009-09-20 Thread Dean Loros
Greetings-- Ubuntu has been testing Grub2 for a number of months now & a "interesting" problem has surfaced. If your /boot is on a different drive than the MBR, you will have several minutes of drive use before you get to the Grub2 menu. My current timing is 3min 50sec to menu--this is with a i7-9

Grub2 and Efi (MacBook 5,1)

2009-09-20 Thread Stefan Bienert
Hi Grub2 fans! I'm trying to get Grub2 working on a Efi platform (MacBook 5,1). In version 1.96 I get a menu with a working MacOSX entry, but linux won't boot. I just get some output which looks like data for the video card, than the system hangs. With todays SVN version (which does not compile c

Re: Grub2 and Efi (MacBook 5,1)

2009-09-20 Thread Robert Millan
On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 06:38:36PM +0200, Stefan Bienert wrote: > Hi Grub2 fans! > > I'm trying to get Grub2 working on a Efi platform (MacBook 5,1). > In version 1.96 Don't use 1.96. -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may a

Re: Grub2 and Efi (MacBook 5,1)

2009-09-20 Thread Stefan Bienert
Robert Millan wrote: > On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 06:38:36PM +0200, Stefan Bienert wrote: >> Hi Grub2 fans! >> >> I'm trying to get Grub2 working on a Efi platform (MacBook 5,1). >> In version 1.96 > > Don't use 1.96. > After the first problems I used the SVN version like said on the Grub2 pages on

Re: [GITGRUB] New menu interface (implementation)

2009-09-20 Thread Bean
On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 4:30 PM, Michal Suchanek wrote: > > So the text region is intended for drawing on text screen and the > graphics region on graphics screen. I assume the check for pure text > mode is there to choose which one is used. > > However, wouldn't this switch in coordinate system c

Re: [GITGRUB] New menu interface (implementation)

2009-09-20 Thread richardvo...@gmail.com
On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 3:31 AM, Michal Suchanek wrote: > 2009/9/19 richardvo...@gmail.com : >> On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 1:45 PM, Michal Suchanek wrote: >>> Hello >>> >>> why does the menu system have a glyph drawing function? >>> >>> Is the one in font.c not suitable? >>> >>> Why are there two me