В Fri, 12 Dec 2014 07:01:31 -0600
Victor Lowther <victor.lowt...@gmail.com> пишет:

> On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 5:54 AM, Andrei Borzenkov <arvidj...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > В Thu, 11 Dec 2014 13:58:04 -0600
> > Victor Lowther <victor.lowt...@gmail.com> пишет:
> >
> >> There are usecases for running TFTP and HTTP on nonstandard ports.  This
> >> patch allows you to specify nonstandard ports with the following syntax:
> 
> [ snip ]
> 
> > No, that's wrong. grub_net_open_real should not have any hardcoded
> > dependencies on supported protocols. "pxe" and "pxe:" are just for
> > compatibility with legacy configuration. Any new code should rely on
> > protocol modules registration.
> 
> Er, it seemed like the natural place based on it being the only place where
> the parsing happens.
> 
> Where should I put it then?
> 

In the same function after we got server name. Just check whether it
has extra ',' and parse accordingly.

> > Do not overcomplicate things. You just need to add additional server
> > name parsing after protocol was extracted.
> 
> My familiarity with the grub codebase started on Tuesday -- I have no idea
> what is overcomplicated and what is not.
> 
> > And please also update documentation to indicate new syntax.
> 
> Where are the docs?  Nothing jumped out at me when grepping through the
> codebase.

docs/grub.texi. It is mentioned in 13.1 How to specify devices. Yes,
documentation needs some love.

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