Re: gPXE and GRUB2

Robert Millan <[email protected]> Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:44:32 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.comp.boot-loaders.grub.devel,gmane.network.etherboot.devel
Organization free as in freedom
Message-ID <20091114154432.GC7084@thorin>
On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 12:28:01AM +0100, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko wrote:
> 3) Add a secondary target to gPXE to produce series of GRUB modules. Due
> to big differences between build systems this may be problematic and
> result in frequent breakage

From a distributor POV, option 3 is difficult to manage.  GRUB doesn't have
a stable ABI and ensuring coherency between two separate packages can be
problematic.  I wouldn't recommend this option.

-- 
Robert Millan

  The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and
  how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we
  still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all."