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Re: [PATCH v2] i386-pc: build verifiers API as module
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Daniel Kiper |
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Re: [PATCH v2] i386-pc: build verifiers API as module |
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Wed, 14 Apr 2021 15:22:35 +0200 |
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NeoMutt/20170113 (1.7.2) |
On Tue, Apr 13, 2021 at 12:13:02PM +0800, Michael Chang via Grub-devel wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 12, 2021 at 03:15:53PM +0200, Daniel Kiper wrote:
> > On Fri, Mar 26, 2021 at 06:01:01PM +0100, Daniel Kiper wrote:
> > > On Wed, Mar 24, 2021 at 12:44:52PM +0800, Michael Chang via Grub-devel
> > > wrote:
> > > > On Tue, Mar 23, 2021 at 05:33:12PM +0100, Daniel Kiper wrote:
> > > > > On Mon, Mar 22, 2021 at 08:45:27PM +0000, Colin Watson wrote:
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> [snip]
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> > > After some thinking it seems to me we can do this. I can take "i386-pc:
> > > build verifiers API as module", "kern/misc: Move grub_printf_fmt_check
> > > to gfxmenu" and similar patches into 2.06. I will revert after the
> > > release all the patches which adds ifdefery or make code ugly and do not
> > > benefit other platforms than i386-pc. This way you will have support for
> > > small MBR gaps in 2.06 and I will have clean code after 2.06 release.
> > >
> > > Does it work for you guys?
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> > Does anybody care?
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> Could you please consider not reverting them ? For me it is worse than
> keeping them as distribution specific patch, as we will have a hard time
> to explain what's going on when we have to reintroduce them in rebasing
> to commits later to 2.06.
Colin, Michael, how long are you going to support small MBR gaps?
Daniel