Tim Knitter wrote: > > Hi Evan, > >> Hi Tim, >> >> I understand the reasoning behind the length limitation for the BE name >> but I'm not clear why the description is also limited to 64 characters. >> What was the reasoning behind the description length limit? >> > > None other than having a sane limit so the text doesn't wrap in grub and in > the boot menu (menu.lst for x86).
If there's no technical reason why we should be limiting this, I think we should leave it alone. What's so magical about 64 being within limits of a wrapped-around grub title anyway? -ethan > > Thanks > Tim > >> Thanks! >> -evan >> >> Tim Knitter wrote: >>> Please review the following bug fix: >>> >>> 5749 libbe to provide public interface to validate BE name >>> >>> http://defect.opensolaris.org/bz/show_bug.cgi?id=5749 >>> http://cr.opensolaris.org/~tsk/5749/ >>> >>> Thanks >>> Tim >>> _______________________________________________ >>> caiman-discuss mailing list >>> caiman-discuss at opensolaris.org >>> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/caiman-discuss > _______________________________________________ > caiman-discuss mailing list > caiman-discuss at opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/caiman-discuss
