Re: Two SoC ideas

[Wei Shen]

Your are absolutely right. But I am not an expert on Grub.

 

I think the most important that Google SoC gives a student is not money, but a opportunity to participate and obtain help.

 

On 3/28/07, coly <address@hidden> wrote:

> oh, Shen:
>
> You hack for your self, not for others. If you enjoy it, just do it.
> If you want your job to be used widely, try to find better ideas. Do
> not give up anyway :-)
>
> Coly
>
> 2007/3/28, Wei Shen <address@hidden>:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Since it seems that few people like my ideas, I have not apply for them as
> > SoC projects.
> >
> > If you think they are helpful. I will still try working on them.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Wei
> >
> >
> > On 3/23/07, Wei Shen <
> address@hidden> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > > I have two ideas and wonder whether they are welcome as SoC projects.
> > >
> > > 1) Simple file editing
> > >
> > > I think it is useful to add file edit function to Grub. Thus, if an OS
> > config file which is required to boot the OS successfully is mistakenly
> > written, we can still correct it in Grub and need not to reboot from the
> > floppy or cdrom just for the correcting.
> > > I know it would greately increase the complexity of Grub to support a
> > writable file system. However, if file writing does not change the block
> > counts of a file, things are much simpler. Since most config files are small
> > (occupying only one block), I think the solution will work.
> > >
> > > 2) addr option for module command
> > >
> > > Add nn option: "addr = value" to the module command. If the addr option is
> > specified, Grub will load the module to address value instead of the default
> > address.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Wei Shen
> >
> >
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