Re: [RFC] Dynamic device.map

[Colin Watson]

On Mon, Dec 07, 2009 at 02:28:06PM +0000, Colin Watson wrote:
> As Robert said recently, we're trying to get rid of our reliance on
> device.map. Right now, it is still necessary to at least have entries in
> device.map for any disks you wish to use with GRUB, although they don't
> have to be particularly sensible; any bidirectional mapping will do (at
> least as long as the 'search' command works).
> 
> I'd like to make it possible to run with no device.map at all, since
> that makes it possible to plug in new disks without having to
> reconfigure GRUB. Here's a draft patch to do this. I haven't supplied a
> ChangeLog entry yet since it isn't suitable for commit yet, as noted in
> TODO comments, but I'd welcome comments on the approach here.

Ah, I hadn't noticed r1870, sorry. Am I right in believing that my patch
is obsolete, then?

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Colin Watson                                       address@hidden