I have a question for all of you: is it really necessary to support
BSD slice syntax?
For now, I don't think so. If there is anything that BSD slice
syntax can do but the GRUB-specific syntax cannot do, it would make
sense to add BSD slice syntax support. But I don't think there is such
a thing. The main reason why I like the GRUB-specific syntax is that
it is easy to implement the completion code, because the device
representation is always terminated with ')'. On the other hand, the
main reason why I don't like the BSD slice syntax is that it is
impossible to completely imitate the syntax anyway, because BIOS
cannot distinguish IDE from SCSI, generally. So we will have to
explain what is identical and what is different... It is often
easier to explain a completely different thing than a somewhat similar
thing.
If you really think the support should be added, let me know the
reason. If there is no opposition, I'll delete the entry in TODO.
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