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Rtems for a space project
- Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 23:00:17 +0100
- From: ralf.corsepius at rtems.org (Ralf Corsepius)
- Subject: Rtems for a space project
Chris Johns schrieb:
> Ralf Corsepius wrote:
>> Massimo Tipaldi schrieb:
>>
>>> GNU GRUB version 1.94
>> This is an unstable, "beyond-bleeding edge" version.
>
> I would not consider using a maintained version "beyond-bleeding edge".
>
There are reasons why *all* major Linux distros are not using it. The
fact there is *no* officially stable release also speaks for itself.
>> Are you sure this version is functional at all?
>
> I cannot comment on 1.94 but I am using grub-1.96 with qemu and real
> hardware with RTEMS and have no problems.
OK.
>> As best as I can tell, all major Linux distros (e.g. Fedora,
>> openSuSE, Ubuntu, Debian) are still using grub-0.9x.
>
> Maybe they need to consider changing as GRUB Legacy is no longer being
> maintained. ;-)
considering ... yes ... whether they'll use it, is a different question.
Ralf