Re: What GPL requirements are implied by publishing an ISO with GRUB binaries ?

2017-09-10 Thread SevenBits Tech
While I don't have specific quotes from the GPL to share in regards to this situation, it is my understanding that, yes, you are required to provide the source code used to build the compiled binary. This is because every person who receives the software has the right to the source used to

Re: [PATCH] Add efi getenv command

2017-01-23 Thread SevenBits
As someone who wrote a similar patch several years ago for a personal project and submitted it to the list, what's the advantage of this patch over the previous ones that have been submitted (other than, I believe, the ability to set the GUID)? On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 7:25 PM Matthew Garrett

Re: Grub get and set efi variables

2015-11-05 Thread SevenBits
On Wednesday, November 4, 2015, Andrei Borzenkov <arvidj...@gmail.com> wrote: > 04.11.2015 02:05, Mat Troi пишет: > >> Hi SevenBits, >> >> Thanks for letting me know. Out of curiosity, any particular reason why >> this patch did not get merged? It looks t

Re: GNU GRUB maintenance

2015-10-07 Thread SevenBits
On Wednesday, October 7, 2015, Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko < phco...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, all. I'm sorry for not being available to do enough maintenance > for GRUB in last time but I was overbooked. Yet there is a good news. At > Google there is a 20% project and GRUB has been

Re: IDE compilation

2014-11-19 Thread SevenBits
On Tuesday, November 18, 2014, Michael Heng jo...@gmx.de wrote: Hello, I want to know what a IDE do you all use? I just have download the grub 2 project. Can you advise me how to setting up eclipse to import as a project, how can I debug it? Please, don't post mail in HTML format. That's

Re: GRUB booting Mac OS X (xnu)

2014-10-24 Thread SevenBits
On Friday, October 24, 2014, Chris Murphy li...@colorremedies.com wrote: We need to re-evaluate how GRUB will boot OS X for the following reasons: 1. Apple OS X 10.10 (just released) now by default converts for existing, and new installs, the partition to use their LVM-like technology, called

Re: Accessing UEFI variables from GRUB

2014-07-08 Thread SevenBits
On Tuesday, July 8, 2014, Andrey Borzenkov arvidj...@gmail.com wrote: В Wed, 9 Jul 2014 01:14:58 + Michael Mohr michaelm...@hyvesolutions.com javascript:; пишет: Good evening; Is it possible to read EFI variables from grub-efi (i.e. grubx64.efi) via the configuration file? I would

Re: GRUB 2 design document

2014-06-27 Thread SevenBits
On Jun 27, 2014, at 6:36 PM, Wenwei Weng wew...@gmail.com wrote: hello, I'm new to GRUB 2. Since this is re-design totally from scratch, I wonder where can I find design/architecture document for me to understand the whole context. Thanks. Wenwei I don’t know if there is one, unfortunately.

Re: How to exit from linux kernel and return to then grub?

2014-05-18 Thread SevenBits
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/18/2014 01:33 AM, Z C wrote: If I boot into a linux kernel using a grub command like linux /vmlinuz; inirtd /initrd; boot, how do I shutdown linux itself (but do not power off or reboot the computer hardware) and return back to the grub

Re: How to exit from linux kernel and return to then grub?

2014-05-18 Thread SevenBits
, and just simply rebooting the machine is the best way to get to GRUB. If you tell us what are _trying_ to do, i.e what you need this functionality for, perhaps we can suggest an alternative way to achieve what you need. - -- SevenBits P.S: Since this topic is not about the development of GRUB

Re: How to exit from linux kernel and return to then grub?

2014-05-18 Thread SevenBits
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/18/2014 01:46 PM, Vladimir '?-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko wrote: On 18.05.2014 19:16, SevenBits wrote: On 05/18/2014 01:33 AM, Z C wrote: If I boot into a linux kernel using a grub command like linux /vmlinuz; inirtd /initrd; boot, how do I

Re: Grub development

2014-05-17 Thread SevenBits
On Saturday, May 17, 2014, r jan rjanakir...@gmail.com wrote: I am a student doing project on grub, I am interested in developing grub. So please allow me and help me for development of grub. Thankyou Well, I'm not sure what you mean by help you. We're certainly not going to write code for

Re: Patch to compile grub2 with Apple compiler

2014-04-08 Thread SevenBits
On Apr 8, 2014, at 5:47 PM, Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko phco...@gmail.com wrote: On 08.04.2014 14:27, Yves Blusseau wrote: Le 8 avr. 2014 à 11:00, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko phco...@gmail.com mailto:phco...@gmail.com a écrit : On 8 Apr 2014 10:55, Yves Blusseau

Re: Patch to compile grub2 with Apple compiler

2014-04-07 Thread SevenBits
On Monday, April 7, 2014, Yves Blusseau bluss...@zetam.org wrote: Hi, this is a patch to allow compilation of grub2 with Apple Compiler Haven't looked at it yet, but if it works, I'd be major. Currently I have to build GRUB on Linux when my current development machine is a Mac. This will be

Re: Patch to compile grub2 with Apple compiler

2014-04-07 Thread SevenBits
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 04/07/2014 03:52 PM, Vladimir '?-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko wrote: On 07.04.2014 17:04, SevenBits wrote: On Monday, April 7, 2014, Yves Blusseau bluss...@zetam.org mailto:bluss...@zetam.org wrote: Hi, this is a patch to allow compilation

Re: XP, 8.1 and UEFI with grub2?

2014-04-07 Thread SevenBits
On Monday, April 7, 2014, coifed48...@mypacks.net wrote: Grub Gurus Perhaps this is good timing for this question. I hope I am asking it in the right place. I have been using Ubuntu and XP multiboot for quite some time and using Ubuntu more and XP less. With support for XP expiring April

Re: troubleshooting boot hang

2014-02-12 Thread SevenBits
On Feb 12, 2014, at 7:13 PM, Chris Murphy li...@colorremedies.com wrote: On Feb 10, 2014, at 3:40 PM, Jordan Uggla jordan.ug...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 7:56 AM, Chris Murphy li...@colorremedies.com wrote: GRUB 2.00-25 (Fedora 20) booting a 2011 MacbookPro in EFI mode.

Re: Fix serial output for OpenBSD current

2014-02-04 Thread SevenBits
On Feb 4, 2014, at 5:46 PM, Markus Müller m...@grummel.net wrote: Am Montag, den 03.02.2014, 18:03 +0100 schrieb Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko: On 02.02.2014 11:48, Markus Müller wrote: Hi all, attached is a patch that fixes serial console output with OpenBSD current (will be

Re: grub2 code

2014-02-02 Thread SevenBits
On Sunday, February 2, 2014, Robert Parnell wwolfe9...@gmail.com wrote: Hi I was just looking at the grub2 source code and saw that https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-branches/ubuntu/trusty/grub2/trusty/view/head:/TODO

Re: [PATCH] Add linuxefi module

2014-01-21 Thread SevenBits
On Jan 21, 2014, at 8:43 AM, Colin Watson cjwat...@ubuntu.com wrote: On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 08:46:48PM -0500, SevenBits wrote: On Monday, January 20, 2014, Lubomir Rintel lkund...@v3.sk wrote: From: Matthew Garrett matthew.garr...@nebula.com This adds linuxefi module that provides a way

Re: [PATCH] Add linuxefi module

2014-01-20 Thread SevenBits
On Monday, January 20, 2014, Lubomir Rintel lkund...@v3.sk wrote: From: Matthew Garrett matthew.garr...@nebula.com This adds linuxefi module that provides a way to load Linux kernel and RAM disk image via EFI services with linuxefi and initrdefi commands, analogous to linux and initrd

Re: conflicting types for 'grub_list_push' on MinGW (include loop)

2014-01-18 Thread SevenBits
On Jan 18, 2014, at 12:12 PM, Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko phco...@gmail.com wrote: On 15.01.2014 19:14, Andrey Borzenkov wrote: + * Copyright (C) 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc. please preserve copyright years when copying code around (just copying whole string and adding

Re: [PATCH] Add apple_set_os command

2014-01-07 Thread SevenBits
On Jan 7, 2014, at 10:19 AM, andr...@heider.io wrote: Am 2014-01-03 19:38, schrieb SevenBits: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 01/03/2014 01:46 AM, Vladimir '?-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko wrote: On 31.12.2013 00:11, SevenBits wrote: On Monday, December 30, 2013, Andreas Heider

Re: [PATCH] Add apple_set_os command

2014-01-03 Thread SevenBits
On Friday, January 3, 2014, Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko wrote: On 31.12.2013 00:11, SevenBits wrote: On Monday, December 30, 2013, Andreas Heider wrote: The EFI on current macbooks configures hardware differently depending on wether it is booting Mac OS X or a different

Re: [PATCH] Add apple_set_os command

2013-12-30 Thread SevenBits
On Monday, December 30, 2013, Andreas Heider wrote: The EFI on current macbooks configures hardware differently depending on wether it is booting Mac OS X or a different os, for example disabling the internal GPU completely on some models. Mac OS X identifies itself using a custom EFI

Re: Built-in module

2013-12-04 Thread SevenBits
Yes, have a look at the grub-mkimage command. On Wednesday, December 4, 2013, Trinh Van Thanh wrote: Hi all, I see that there is many compiled modules in /boot/grub/. When necessary, it can load by using insmod command. But I want to integrate some modules into grub. Is this possible? --

Re: Proposition for Add-on

2013-12-01 Thread SevenBits
typically put the patch in the body of your message without formatting. One of the head people on the project will then review it and see if it's worth including. I'm new here myself, but it's important to learn the proper way to do things. -- SevenBits On Sunday, December 1, 2013, Michel Benoit

Re: PATCH: added GRUB command to get and set (U)EFI firmware variables

2013-11-28 Thread SevenBits
On Wednesday, November 27, 2013, Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko wrote: On 27.11.2013 19:57, Andrey Borzenkov wrote: В Wed, 27 Nov 2013 13:44:41 -0500 SevenBits sevenbitst...@gmail.com javascript:; пишет: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 11/25/2013 07:22 PM

Re: Loading OS/X 10.7 by grub x86_64-efi fails

2013-11-27 Thread SevenBits
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 11/27/2013 01:26 PM, Andrey Borzenkov wrote: ? Fri, 10 May 2013 14:18:42 +0200 Vladimir '?-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko phco...@gmail.com ?: On 09.05.2013 20:32, Andrey Borzenkov wrote: I have MacBook (Pro?) 3.1 with OS/X 10.7. I installed

Re: PATCH: added GRUB command to get and set (U)EFI firmware variables

2013-11-27 Thread SevenBits
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 11/25/2013 07:22 PM, Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko wrote: On 25.11.2013 23:28, SevenBits wrote: On 11/25/2013 05:07 PM, Vladimir '?-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko wrote: On 25.11.2013 23:03, SevenBits wrote: Thanks for your quick reply

Re: 2.02 Release roadmap

2013-11-25 Thread SevenBits
It is too late, then, to submit a patch adding a new command to GRUB? I've been meaning to submit it but have been busy... it's already done and everything, just want to see if I can get upstream. :) On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 12:58 PM, Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko phco...@gmail.com

PATCH: added GRUB command to get and set (U)EFI firmware variables

2013-11-25 Thread SevenBits
and scripting capability to allow unique booting capabilities based on whether, for example, secure boot is enabled or the (U)EFI firmware is in setup mode. Have a look and let me know what you think! The patch follows. -- SevenBits diff --git a/grub/grub-core/Makefile.core.def b/grub-orig/grub

Re: PATCH: added GRUB command to get and set (U)EFI firmware variables

2013-11-25 Thread SevenBits
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 11/25/2013 05:07 PM, Vladimir '?-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko wrote: On 25.11.2013 23:03, SevenBits wrote: Thanks for your quick reply. I just have a couple of questions. How do you prefer I allow the user to specify the vendor UUID? By typing

Feature Request: add a command to get/set (U)EFI firmware variables

2013-11-12 Thread SevenBits
... initrd ... else linux ... initrd ... fi I'm fluent in C, am somewhat knowledgeable of the (U)EFI system, and am not afraid to modify GRUB's source code. What do you guys think of this idea? Sorry for this long-winded post. :) -- SevenBits