Re: [RFC] Platform information services

[Robert Millan]

On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 06:38:41PM +0200, Javier Martín wrote:
> Yes, but this is a "kernel" design decision that is specified nowhere
> to the modules writers. Thus, this could change tomorrow and the
> scheme would break down.

GRUB is being developed as a whole, which includes kernel and modules.  If
we modify the kernel in a way that could break modules, it's part of the
procedure to check modules and make sure they don't break because of this
(although, of course, we could always make mistakes).

-- 
Robert Millan

  The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and
  how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we
  still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all."