On Sat, Dec 26, 2009 at 01:37:14PM -0800, David Miller wrote: > From: Robert Millan <r...@aybabtu.com> > Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:25:51 +0100 > > > Then we rely only on UUIDs. > > This is exactly what I suggested we should avoid. > > On OpenFirmware we scan every device alias, %80 of them point to > non-existing devices. The aliases are just an enumeration of > the set of devices that could be behind a controller, not what > has actually been detected by the firmware or anything like > that. > > So every scan for a UUID can eat up an enormous amount of time, > poking devices that simply are not there.
I understand. It's not a good idea to use UUIDs exclussively even outside the context of OpenFirmware. This is why I also said: > In the future, we can rely on the initial value of $root as well, but this > would require some rework (disk / partition split). I'm fine with delaying removal of devices.map untill this replacement is ready. -- Robert Millan "Be the change you want to see in the world" -- Gandhi _______________________________________________ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
