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'menu-entry' disappeared from the bootloader API

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Message #26 received at 27007 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Mathieu Othacehe <m.othacehe <at> gmail.com>
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Danny Milosavljevic <dannym <at> scratchpost.org>,
 Tomáš Čech <sleep_walker <at> gnu.org>,
 27007 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#27007: boot-parameters are not documented
Date: Mon, 22 May 2017 19:31:08 +0200

Hi Ludo,

Since the rework, <menu-entry> are in (gnu bootloader grub). They can no
longer be used in menu-entries field of <bootloader-configuration>.

The <boot-parameters> is used instead. <boot-parameters> and
<menu-entry> are very similar though.

What we can do here is :

* Give <boot-parameters> default values as per <menu-entry> (as proposed
by Danny in doc patch review).
* Rename "menu-entries" field of <bootloader-configuration> to something
not so GRUB related, such as "entries" or "custom-entries".
* Maybe also remove <menu-entry> from (gnu bootloader grub) and use
<boot-parameters> directly as in (gnu bootloader extlinux).

WDYT ?

Thanks,

Mathieu

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