[PATCH] Unit testing framework fix for Qemu 0.12

2010-04-06 Thread BVK Chaitanya
Hi, Latest qemu release, 0.12 has some changes on handling cmdline options, that broke GRUB unit testing framework. Attached patch fixes this issue. Its been tested with old and new qemu versions (0.11 and 0.12) and is working fine. -- bvk.chaitanya # Bazaar merge directive format 2 (Bazaar

search and boot using GPT GUID values

2010-04-06 Thread Simon Kitching
Hi All, I've been experimenting with booting linux from a GPT-formatted drive on a BIOS-based x86 pc. === (1) Is there a grub "search" command variant to find the (hdx,y) value for a GPT partition GUID? (I can't see one). If not, do you think this would be a useful thing? I might be interested i

Re: How to prepare an ISO 9660 CD for booting via GRUB ?

2010-04-06 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, i have roughly implemented the missing options of grub-mkisofs in xorriso and am now comparing the results. The ISO image by xorriso boots from CD and from USB stick. Are there other media types which would impose a further challenge ? If so: are there testers who would be willing to try my

[PATCH] Fix for FreeBSD build

2010-04-06 Thread BVK Chaitanya
Hi Below patch fixes build failure on FreeBSD. FreeBSD ships with very old version of flex (in /usr/bin), which is now obsolete. This patch adds a configure time check for flex version to be >= 2.5.35. FreeBSD users can build GRUB by specifying LEX=/usr/local/bin/flex to configure command line

Re: search and boot using GPT GUID values

2010-04-06 Thread Isaac Dupree
On 04/06/10 04:22, Simon Kitching wrote: So what do you think about (a) adding root=GUID as a kernel option That's something you need to ask Linux folks, not GRUB folks. For non-initrd usage, it sounds plausible to me that you'd have a chance of achieving some linux-kernel-change (as long

GRUB as firmware available for Yeeloong

2010-04-06 Thread Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
Hello, all. I'm happy to announce that today I had a first grub able to load linux while playing a role of firmware. It's possible that some of peripherals aren't inited but I have a working desktop in linux BEWARE: it's alpha Few advantages: -Modularity. Put in flash what you want in flash. -Flexi