Re: ftrace 'failed to modify' bug when loading reiserfs.ko

[richard -rw- weinberger]

On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 6:12 PM, Josh Boyer <jwboyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 12:07 PM, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Fri, 6 Sep 2013 11:46:13 -0400
>> Josh Boyer <jwboyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> > Fedora should really look into defaulting to syslinux.
>>>
>>> Doesn't support all the usecases we have, and it's not multi-arch.
>>> Grub2 has warts, but it's all around more flexible.
>>
>> We should be working on making syslinux work for all cases then.
>
> Is there something stopping you? :)  More specifically, I don't think
> syslinux will ever support e.g. powerpc or ARM (Aarch64) so it doesn't
> seem like a general purpose solution.  I could be wrong.

Is there a list of use cases which are missing in syslinux?

On all systems where I have to touch the bootloader
(running custom kernels, using one-shot, ...) I always install
gummiboot or syslinux because
grub2 sucks so much. grub1 worked quite well but grub2 is a PITA.

-- 
Thanks,
//richard

P.s: Sorry for flaming but gub2 disappointed me more than once.
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