Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2012 13:36:35 -0700 From: Devin Teske <devin.teske@fisglobal.com> To: Garrett Cooper <yanegomi@gmail.com> Cc: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?= <des@des.no>, Devin Teske <dteske@freebsd.org>, freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New Boot Loader Menu Message-ID: <0CB9F1EA-2176-4AE9-B899-6E8744D06DC7@fisglobal.com> In-Reply-To: <A5FE9B8C-742B-45E0-85EB-1092A7D58D04@gmail.com> References: <0655B56F-AD43-402B-872C-568378E650F9@fisglobal.com> <86k3v21qsx.fsf@ds4.des.no> <3EB58454-7820-43C4-911E-7DEF2D02C880@fisglobal.com> <86fw5q15f9.fsf@ds4.des.no> <D61F7ED5-76C3-453D-878A-F0C678198C87@fisglobal.com> <A5FE9B8C-742B-45E0-85EB-1092A7D58D04@gmail.com>
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On Oct 7, 2012, at 12:52 PM, Garrett Cooper wrote: > On Oct 7, 2012, at 12:03 PM, Devin Teske wrote: >=20 >> On Oct 7, 2012, at 11:51 AM, Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav wrote: >>=20 >>> Devin Teske <devin.teske@fisglobal.com> writes: >>>> Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav <des@des.no> writes: >>>>> What problem are you trying to solve, exactly? >>>> Many in-fact: >>>> [list of things that bear no relation whatsoever to what was actually >>>> in the email I replied to] >>>=20 >>=20 >> I disagree with your slight that those "things =85 bear no relation what= soever to what was actually in the e-mail [you] replied to". >>=20 >> It only *seem* as those are unrelated. I assure you, they are _very_ rel= ated (and it's very much my mistake for not making it clear in my initial e= -mail). I must apologize for this lack of clarity (I try to rectify it belo= w). >>=20 >>> Then maybe you should have focused on that in your original email. >>>=20 >>=20 >> Yes, perhaps. >>=20 >> Perhaps it would have been better to explain: >>=20 >> Hey=85 >>=20 >> + iX and I are working on enhancing the boot loader menu to include a ne= w submenu for selecting a Boot Environment (BE). I'm providing the menu inf= rastructure, iX is providing the C code to populate that menu. >=20 > Sounds like GRUB/Plymouth's model... sorta. >=20 >> + We can't add this new menu item without pigeon-holing ourselves into a= position where no more menuitems can be added. >=20 > Understood. >=20 > ... > - Have you considered high resolution screens/fonts; there are some alrea= dy in FreeBSD hooked into syscons, but that's available later on at boot? I= mention this because there's a lot of wasted real estate on my 30" or 24" = LCDs when I boot up FreeBSD. >=20 Adding screen real-estate won't help. Menus (and any of the maximum 65535 s= ubmenus) are always limited to 9 maximum menu items. A significant overhaul of the Forth code would be required to accommodate m= ore than 9 menu items per-menu. Currently, if a 10th menuitem were rendered (assuming I lifted the boundary= -checks), it would be rendered as such: =85 8. Eighth Item 9. Ninth Item 1. Tenth item =85 Worse, you press "8" to invoke the 8th item, "9" to invoke the 9th item, bu= t ":" to invoke the 10th item (wait, what?) Yes, ":" to invoke the 10th item. Because currently ASCII keycodes are used= to associate menu items. The next character after "9" is ":". > I'd like to see sketches or a general idea of what you have in mind befor= e investing too much time in a direction that doesn't bear a lot of fruit. = I'm sure others here agree. >=20 Sorry, but I'm the infrastructure guy. I provide the framework. I'll leave = it to the community to decide how to use that framework. I'm leaving it in = jpaetzel's, avg's, and mav's very capable hands to utilize my framework in = whatever way they see fit. They came to me with a need. I filled that need. If the community doesn't w= ant it, I'll just dump it into DruidBSD and use it there until someone want= s it. --=20 DevinDe _____________ The information contained in this message is proprietary and/or confidentia= l. If you are not the intended recipient, please: (i) delete the message an= d all copies; (ii) do not disclose, distribute or use the message in any ma= nner; and (iii) notify the sender immediately. In addition, please be aware= that any message addressed to our domain is subject to archiving and revie= w by persons other than the intended recipient. Thank you.
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