Re: shadowed variables

2000-07-28 Thread OKUJI Yoshinori
From: Pavel Roskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: shadowed variables Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 13:48:57 -0400 (EDT) > "seeked_fd" sounds horrible, even though some people don't apply usual > grammar rules to the the new of verbs. Fully agreed. :p Clearly, my fixes are mostly just quick hacks

Re: shadowed variables

2000-07-28 Thread Pavel Roskin
Hello, OKUJI! > I have made a change to GRUB, that is, GCC compiles the code with > -Wpointer-arith, -Wundef and -Wshadow. Thanks to the change, I found > many (potential) bugs and fixed them. But I haven't fixed some of "seeked_fd" sounds horrible, even though some people don't apply usual gr

Re: Suggestion: Use CMOS memory or similar

2000-07-28 Thread Pavel Roskin
Hello, Henrik! > Using a byte of CMOS memory to record what the last booted OS was and > autoboot that after a few seconds if nothing else happens. Goes around the > 'problem' of normally booting windows when at home, but normally wanting > the machine to come up in linux/bsd after remote rebooti

shadowed variables

2000-07-28 Thread OKUJI Yoshinori
I have made a change to GRUB, that is, GCC compiles the code with -Wpointer-arith, -Wundef and -Wshadow. Thanks to the change, I found many (potential) bugs and fixed them. But I haven't fixed some of them, because I don't know what the right fixes are. In particular, I'm not sure how to fix the

For the separate boot partition problem

2000-07-28 Thread OKUJI Yoshinori
I have updated the GNU GRUB FAQ on the web, for the frequently asked "separate boot partition" problem. If that's good, I'll update the chapter "FAQ" in the texinfo document as well. BTW, would anyone like to take over the maintenance of the documentation from me? That's a painful task and I

Suggestion: Use CMOS memory or similar

2000-07-28 Thread Henrik 'Snout' Isacsson
Using a byte of CMOS memory to record what the last booted OS was and autoboot that after a few seconds if nothing else happens. Goes around the 'problem' of normally booting windows when at home, but normally wanting the machine to come up in linux/bsd after remote rebooting. -Henrik