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Re: [PATCH] GRUB_GFXMODE_LINUX user variable
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Robert Millan |
Subject: |
Re: [PATCH] GRUB_GFXMODE_LINUX user variable |
Date: |
Wed, 1 Apr 2009 15:05:57 +0200 |
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Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) |
On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 05:39:36PM +0900, Yoshinori K. Okuji wrote:
> On Sunday 29 March 2009 11:31:29 Robert Millan wrote:
> > This patch adds GRUB_GFXMODE_LINUX user variable to make it easy for
> > users to set graphical mode before booting Linux.
>
> Is this really Linux-specific? It look somehow coincidental to me that this
> is
> used only for Linux. If other operating systems, such as FreeBSD, support
> that way of switching a video mode, I think you would want to reuse the same
> variable.
Agreed. Also, perhaps we should define an env variable like gfxmode, so that
loaders can switch mode themselves and "terminal_output gfxterm" doesn't have
to be used.
I like the terms "payload" and "loadee" because they don't imply what we're
loading is a kernel (Linux) or a standalone OS (invaders/memtest86). How
about using "gfxmode_payload=WIDTHxHEIGHT[xDEPTH]" ?
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