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Re: [Xen-devel] Re: x86: fix to parse multiboot command line passed by latest grub



On 07/12/2009 22:00, "Simon Horman" <horms@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>>> Or get grub2 guys to give us a flag to detect
>>> this stupid compatibility breakage.
>> 
>> They said multiboot never asserted anything about the command line and
>> thus implementation were allowed to vary without notice. The rationale
>> for grub's behavior change is that the user has to migrate from grub1
>> syntax to grub2 syntax anyway.
> 
> They broke it because they could? :-)

Yes, it's both stupid and arrogant. Oh well.

 -- Keir



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