Re: Grub2 documentation of the GRUB_CMDLINE_*XEN* parameters -- unclear. What's _intended_?
On 11/22/2015 11:54 AM, Colin Watson wrote:
No, they aren't exclusive of one another, but are used to construct
different command lines. GRUB_CMDLINE_XEN* are used for the hypervisor
command line; GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_XEN_REPLACE* are used for the Linux
kernel command line (but if unset, the corresponding GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX*
values are used instead).
The misleading description you quote was the one in 2.00, but was
clarified in git a while ago:
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/grub.git/commit/?id=48f39bb4df5b903aaa66db9fdc6679571bff0dd9
That's exactly the helpful clarification needed. Thanks! It'd be useful
to have that updated on the grub2 website's docs -- it's just as valid
there.
And, what specifically gets mapped to Xen kernel's "options=" parameter
line?
E.g., a grub2-mkconfig-generated xen*.cfg takes the form
Upstream grub-mkconfig does not generate xen*.cfg at all. This is an
openSUSE-specific patch. From inspecting their source code, I believe
that the GRUB_CMDLINE_XEN* options will apply here.
I'd realized that there's different naming, e.g. the "grub2-mkconfig",
but had not realized this^^ diff as well.
The docs should clearly address which PARAMETERS map to the "options=" line,
and which to the kernel=" line in the Xen case.
No doubt, but it is up to the openSUSE maintainers to make sure that
Noted. The latest upgrade of the distro has proven to be quite
problematic, particularly in the real-world/modern { pv-kernel + Xen +
Grub2 + EFI } use case; and the docs are a bit of a mess. I'd
_strongly_ prefer a grub2 instance closer to upstream's. Not yet sure
what replacing the distro's with a 'clean' upstream build entails ...
Thanks again for the response.
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Re: Grub2 documentation of the GRUB_CMDLINE_*XEN* parameters -- unclear. What's _intended_?
On Sat, Nov 21, 2015 at 04:12:52PM -0800, PGNet Dev wrote: > Grub2 documentation @ > https://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/grub.html#Configuration states > > ... > ‘GRUB_CMDLINE_XEN’ > ‘GRUB_CMDLINE_XEN_DEFAULT’ > > The values of these options are appended to the values of > ‘GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX’ and ‘GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT’ for Linux and Xen menu > entries. > ‘GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_XEN_REPLACE’ > ‘GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_XEN_REPLACE_DEFAULT’ > > The values of these options replace the values of > ‘GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX’ > and ‘GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT’ for Linux and Xen menu entries. > ... > > From these docs. it's not clear which values get mapped to which grub > entries. One set 'appends', one set 'replaces'. Are they exclusive of one > another? No, they aren't exclusive of one another, but are used to construct different command lines. GRUB_CMDLINE_XEN* are used for the hypervisor command line; GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_XEN_REPLACE* are used for the Linux kernel command line (but if unset, the corresponding GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX* values are used instead). The misleading description you quote was the one in 2.00, but was clarified in git a while ago: http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/grub.git/commit/?id=48f39bb4df5b903aaa66db9fdc6679571bff0dd9 > And, what specifically gets mapped to Xen kernel's "options=" parameter > line? > > E.g., a grub2-mkconfig-generated xen*.cfg takes the form Upstream grub-mkconfig does not generate xen*.cfg at all. This is an openSUSE-specific patch. From inspecting their source code, I believe that the GRUB_CMDLINE_XEN* options will apply here. > The docs should clearly address which PARAMETERS map to the "options=" line, > and which to the kernel=" line in the Xen case. No doubt, but it is up to the openSUSE maintainers to make sure that their patches also include appropriate documentation changes. -- Colin Watson [cjwat...@ubuntu.com] ___ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
Re: Grub2 documentation of the GRUB_CMDLINE_*XEN* parameters -- unclear. What's _intended_?
On 11/21/2015 10:37 PM, Andrei Borzenkov wrote: That's not what current manual says. That's exactly what the grub web site says. I have no idea what you are talking about, sorry. That's interesting, as it's Opensuse/ the distro for which you're the grub2 maintainer. ___ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
