On Thu, 21 Oct 2010 00:33:36 +1100, <doiggl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, 18 Oct 2010 14:04:51 +0200, Edward Shishkin > <edward.shishkin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> sannikov wrote: >>> Good day. >>> >> >> Hello. >> >>> I want to ask you about reiser4 and grub-2. >>> >>> I am try to write to Yuriy Umanets but his mailboxes are inactive... >>> Some few days ago I findes his request about this. >>> (http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2008-02/msg00263.html) >>> >>> If it is possible, can you describe current state of Raiser4 support in >>> Grub2. >>> >> >> Unsupported. >> >>> As I know this task yet placed in Grub's TODO list. >>> I hope this idea yet alive. >>> >> >> I didn't look at grub2/fs interface yet, but believe that it >> is better then grub1's one. >> >> There is a patch for reiser4 support in grub1. I don't >> think it will be a big problem to adjust this one for grub2: >> the sources are quite understandable. >> >> The only thing I am unhappy with is that it can not boot >> reiser4 via module stage1_5 (it is too big and can not >> fit in 62 sectors), It means that user will need to re-install >> grub every time after defragmentation (currently >> unsupported, but upcoming). So it would be nice to resolve >> this problem in grub2 somehow. >> >> Btrfs stage1_5 module with multi-device support >> successfully fits in 62 sectors. Why reiser4 can not? >> I think we need to get rid of the mini-library with a lot >> of unneeded functions and put everything in one file >> (as other file systems do). >> >> Thanks, >> Edward. >> > Looks like some others have had a go at compiling grub2 ,see: > > http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/reinauer/openSUSE_11.2/i586/grub2-1.98-18.1.i586.rpm > > http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/reinauer/openSUSE_11.2/src/grub2-1.98-18.1.src.rpm > > http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/reinauer/openSUSE_11.3/i586/grub2-1.98-18.1.i586.rpm > > http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/reinauer/openSUSE_11.3/src/grub2-1.98-18.1.src.rpm > > http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/reinauer/openSUSE_11.3/x86_64/grub2-1.98-18.1.x86_64.rpm > > http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/reinauer/openSUSE_Factory/i586/grub2-1.98-18.1.i586.rpm > > http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/reinauer/openSUSE_Factory/src/grub2-1.98-18.1.src.rpm > > http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/reinauer/openSUSE_Factory/x86_64/grub2-1.98-18.1.x86_64.rpm > > Glenn > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe reiserfs-devel" > in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html This is good. I am download grub2-1.98-18.1.src.rpm and don't find anything code for Reiser4... Or I miss anything? WBR A.Sannikov -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe reiserfs-devel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
