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Subject: bug#27007: boot-parameters are not documented
Date: Tue, 23 May 2017 10:13:11 +0200
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To: Mathieu Othacehe <m.othacehe@gmail.com>
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Heya!

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

> 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.

So how does the =E2=80=98menu-entry=E2=80=99 example that Tom=C3=A1=C5=A1 g=
ave translate with this
new API?  (Apologies for asking, I admit I haven=E2=80=99t fully adjusted t=
o the
new API mentally.  :-))

> What we can do here is :
>
> * Give <boot-parameters> default values as per <menu-entry> (as proposed
> by Danny in doc patch review).

Sounds good in general, as long as we have default values that make
sense.

> * Rename "menu-entries" field of <bootloader-configuration> to something
> not so GRUB related, such as "entries" or "custom-entries".

Can we assume that all the bootloaders have a notion of =E2=80=9Cmenu=E2=80=
=9D and =E2=80=9Cmenu
entries=E2=80=9D?  Or do you think that very notion is not shared by all of
them?

> * Maybe also remove <menu-entry> from (gnu bootloader grub) and use
> <boot-parameters> directly as in (gnu bootloader extlinux).

Sure; having the implementations in (gnu bootloader xyz) follow the same
model sounds like a good idea.

Thank you!

Ludo=E2=80=99.