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Re: [RFC] Platform information services
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Robert Millan |
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Re: [RFC] Platform information services |
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Sat, 16 Aug 2008 14:20:57 +0200 |
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On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 07:03:18PM +0200, Javier Martín wrote:
> El vie, 15-08-2008 a las 19:31 +0300, Vesa Jääskeläinen escribió:
> > Javier Martín wrote:
> > > WRT "kernel and modules going hand by hand", think about external
> > > modules: if the drivemap module is finally rejected for introduction in
> > > GRUB, I will not scrap it, but keep it as a module external to the
> > > official GNU sources and possibly offer it in a web in the form of
> > > patches to the official GRUB2. In this case, changes made to the kernel
> > > would not take into account that module, which would break if I weren't
> > > monitoring this list daily.
> >
> > Then it is really your problem ;)
> Indeed, but bitrot is not just the real of external modules: it's
> happening right now even within the GRUB trunk
We shouldn't compromise GRUB design to work around maintainance problems. We
don't make any ABI or even API promises, except for Multiboot. I don't see
why we need this burden simply because some patches take time to be merged.
> as you admit in the
> "Build problems on powerpc" thread...
The problem with the powerpc port is that noone is actively maintaining it. It
has nothing to do with design decisions.
--
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."
- Re: [RFC] Platform information services, (continued)
- Re: [RFC] Platform information services, Vesa Jääskeläinen, 2008/08/15
- Re: [RFC] Platform information services, Javier Martín, 2008/08/15
- Re: [RFC] Platform information services, Vesa Jääskeläinen, 2008/08/15
- Re: [RFC] Platform information services, Javier Martín, 2008/08/15
- Re: [RFC] Platform information services, Vesa Jääskeläinen, 2008/08/15
- Re: [RFC] Platform information services, Javier Martín, 2008/08/15
- Re: [RFC] Platform information services, Vesa Jääskeläinen, 2008/08/15
- Re: [RFC] Platform information services, Isaac Dupree, 2008/08/15
- Re: [RFC] Platform information services, Javier Martín, 2008/08/15
- Re: [RFC] Platform information services, Vesa Jääskeläinen, 2008/08/16
- Re: [RFC] Platform information services,
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