[bug#63527] [PATCH 0/3] Initial attempt at rumpdisk support for the Hurd.

[Janneke Nieuwenhuizen]

Ludovic Courtès writes:

> Janneke Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org> skribis:
>
>> * gnu/bootloader/grub.scm (make-grub-configuration): When "noide" is in
>> arguments, use device name "wd0" rather than "hd0".
>
> [...]
>
>> +        (let* ((kernel (menu-entry-multiboot-kernel entry))
>> +               (arguments (menu-entry-multiboot-arguments entry))
>> +               (disk (if (member "noide" arguments) "w" "h"))
>
> Could you add a comment like:
>
>   ;; Choose between device names as understood by Mach's built-in IDE
>   ;; driver and those understood by rumpdisk (in the "noide" case).

Added as

               ;; Choose between device names as understood by Mach's built-in
               ;; IDE driver ("hdX") and those understood by rumpdisk ("wdX"
               ;; in the "noide" case).
               (disk (if (member "noide" arguments) "w" "h"))

> (It’s a bit of an abstraction leak, but hey, we’ll worry about it when
> we have another multiboot-compliant kernel.)

(Yeah, ok!)

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