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[Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH] xen bootloader

To: Mike Wray <mike.wray@xxxxxx>
Subject: [Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH] xen bootloader
From: aq <aquynh@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 1 May 2005 10:01:48 +0900
Cc: Jeremy Katz <katzj@xxxxxxxxxx>, "xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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On 4/29/05, Mike Wray <mike.wray@xxxxxx> wrote:
> Jeremy Katz wrote:
> > On Wed, 2005-04-27 at 18:21 +0900, aq wrote:
> >
> >>Here is a patch to fix few problems in Xen bootloader you sent to the
> >>list yesterday.
> >
> > Thanks.  Sorry for the delay in responding, I've been underwater with
> > stuff for FC4 test3.
> >
> >>list of changes:
> >>- make a dummy tools/pygrub/src/__init__.py
> >
> > I still don't know why this didn't work, but thanks.
> >
> >>- extend filesystem abstraction by adding file_exist() method. this
> >>method is used to check for existent of a file given its name. now
> >>ext2fs implements this method.
> >
> > Great, thanks.  My only comment about the ext2fs code for this is that
> > you might as well inline the contents of ext2_file_exist in
> > ext2fs_file_exist... you don't gain anything by having that for reuse
> > that I can see.
> >
> >>- pygrub opens and parses /boot/grub/menu.lst or /boot/grub/grub.conf,
> >>in that order.
> >>- add /usr/lib/python to system path (see pygrub). without this
> >>change, pygrub cannot find grub python package.
> >
> > Per the other changes I submitted a week or so ago, you want to append
> > this to the path, not prepend it.
> >
> >
> >>- remove few blank lines
> >
> >
> > Fair enough.
> >
> >>$ diffstat xen-grub.patch
> >> __init__.py            |    1
> >> fsys/__init__.py       |    5 +++-
> >> fsys/ext2/ext2module.c |   51 
> >> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
> >> pygrub                 |   12 +++++++++--
> >> 4 files changed, 57 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
> >>
> >>Signed-off-by: Nguyen Anh Quynh <aquynh@xxxxxxxxx>
> >
> >
> > I'll apply this to my local tree.  Mike -- based on your later mail,
> > should I gather that you've applied things to your tree and are in the
> > process of pushing to -unstable?  Or should I go about trying to do
> > something more sane to maintain this on the side for a while?
> 
> Yes, I've applied the patch and it should be making its way out
> to unstable, possibly today.

Mike, will you push those code to -unstable soon? I am looking forward
to it. ( I am having few improvements, but not sure what to patch
against)

thank you,
aq

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