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Re: [Xen-devel] Re: x86: fix to parse multiboot command line passed by l
| To: | Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Wei Yongjun <yjwei@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> |
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| Subject: | Re: [Xen-devel] Re: x86: fix to parse multiboot command line passed by latest grub |
| From: | Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> |
| Date: | Tue, 08 Dec 2009 07:39:52 +0000 |
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On 07/12/2009 22:00, "Simon Horman" <horms@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> Or get grub2 guys to give us a flag to detect >>> this stupid compatibility breakage. >> >> They said multiboot never asserted anything about the command line and >> thus implementation were allowed to vary without notice. The rationale >> for grub's behavior change is that the user has to migrate from grub1 >> syntax to grub2 syntax anyway. > > They broke it because they could? :-) Yes, it's both stupid and arrogant. Oh well. -- Keir _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel |
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