Re: [ppc patch] support SCSI disks

[Marco Gerards]

Hollis Blanchard <address@hidden> writes:

> This patch allows grub2 to find SCSI disks. Please apply.
>
> 2004-10-01    Hollis Blanchard        <address@hidden>
>
>       * disk/powerpc/ieee1275/ofdisk.c (grub_ofdisk_iterate):
>       call grub_children_iterate for device nodes of type `scsi'.
>       (grub_ofdisk_open): remove manual device alias resolution.
>       Fix memory leak when device cannot be opened.
>       Fix error checking after grub_ieee1275_get_property.
>       * include/grub/powerpc/ieee1275/ieee1275.h 
>       (grub_children_iterate): new prototype.
>       * kern/powerpc/ieee1275/openfw.c (grub_children_iterate):
>       new function.


Isn't it possible to make this a bit more generic?  So not iterating
over only scsi but also over `ide' when it is available, for example?
That way it is more likely the code will work on other machines as
well.

Or is this idea just silly?

Thanks,
Marco