Ping.
two weeks ago I sent the patches referenced in the message below and
I haven't received a reply yet.
Maybe sending them in the middle of August was not the best choice. :)
Can anyone please take a look? Thanks.
Ciao,
Antonio
On Tue, 23 Aug 2016 12:17:26 +0200
Antonio Ospite <a...@
is the final effect I am aiming for but I am not 100%
sure my solution is complete.
Thanks,
Antonio
Antonio Ospite (2):
* grub-core/kern/disk.c: don't override grub_errmsg when
grub_disk_open fails
* util/getroot.c: improve error message when a disk cannot be opened
grub-core/ker
Opening a disk can fail for two reasons:
1. the device does not exist;
2. the device exists but cannot be accessed for some reason.
The current error message assumes always 1. and this can misled users
when they look for the actual cause of the failure.
So, reuse the error message from
In grub_disk_open() don't override error message when no _valid_ device
can be found, instead use the one set from the last function which
failed, which is more informative.
The current message "disk not found" discards precious info about the
reason of the failure; for instance the disk may
On Mon, 5 Sep 2016 21:40:30 +0200
Antonio Ospite <a...@ao2.it> wrote:
> Ping.
>
> two weeks ago I sent the patches referenced in the message below and
> I haven't received a reply yet.
>
Hi,
another month has passed, has anyone had a chance to take a look?
As said in
On Tue, 23 Aug 2016 12:17:26 +0200
Antonio Ospite <a...@ao2.it> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> right now when running grub-probe and the disk cannot be opened the
> error message can be misleading, it always says "disk not found" but in
> some case the disk may exist but the
