GNU bug report logs - #27007
'menu-entry' disappeared from the bootloader API

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From: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: Mathieu Othacehe <m.othacehe <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Danny Milosavljevic <dannym <at> scratchpost.org>, Tomáš Čech <sleep_walker <at> gnu.org>, 27007 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#27007: boot-parameters are not documented
Date: Tue, 23 May 2017 14:24:54 +0200

Mathieu Othacehe <m.othacehe <at> gmail.com> skribis:

>> and those entries would be “lowered” to <boot-parameters> somewhere.
>> That way we’d provide the abstraction level that users may expect (“how
>> do I add a menu entry for my other distro?”) and at the same time reduce
>> the risk of mistakes (“I didn’t what to put in ‘store-device’ I put my
>> pet’s name there”).
>>
>> WDYT?  :-)
>>
>
> It seems fine ! So to summarize, <menu-entry> would be moved to (gnu
> bootloader). A procedure menu-entry->boot-parameters would assure
> the mapping in (gnu bootloader).
>
> Each booloader in (gnu bootloader xxx), would add
> bootloader-configuration-menu-entries to generated entries.
>
> I'll be afk for a week, but I'll submit a patch and the updated
> documentation for this point when coming back.

Sounds like a good plan, thank you!

Ludo’.

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