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Move deprecated grub-mkconfig options to a separate table

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Suggested by Andrey Borzenkov.
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Colin Watson 2013-11-29 14:59:25 +00:00
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@ -1315,33 +1315,8 @@ associated menu entry immediately. If the timeout expires before either of
these happens, it will boot the default entry. In the @samp{countdown}
case, it will show a one-line indication of the remaining time.
@item GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT
Wait this many seconds before displaying the menu. If @key{ESC} is pressed
during that time, display the menu and wait for input according to
@samp{GRUB_TIMEOUT}. If a hotkey associated with a menu entry is pressed,
boot the associated menu entry immediately. If the timeout expires before
either of these happens, display the menu for the number of seconds
specified in @samp{GRUB_TIMEOUT} before booting the default entry.
If you set @samp{GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT}, you should also set
@samp{GRUB_TIMEOUT=0} so that the menu is not displayed at all unless
@key{ESC} is pressed.
This option is unset by default, and is deprecated in favour of the less
confusing @samp{GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE=countdown} or
@samp{GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE=hidden}.
@item GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET
In conjunction with @samp{GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT}, set this to @samp{true} to
suppress the verbose countdown while waiting for a key to be pressed before
displaying the menu.
This option is unset by default, and is deprecated in favour of the less
confusing @samp{GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE=countdown}.
@item GRUB_DEFAULT_BUTTON
@itemx GRUB_TIMEOUT_BUTTON
@itemx GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_BUTTON
@itemx GRUB_BUTTON_CMOS_ADDRESS
Variants of the corresponding variables without the @samp{_BUTTON} suffix,
used to support vendor-specific power buttons. @xref{Vendor power-on keys}.
@ -1516,6 +1491,44 @@ Each module will be loaded as early as possible, at the start of
@end table
The following options are still accepted for compatibility with existing
configurations, but have better replacements:
@table @samp
@item GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT
Wait this many seconds before displaying the menu. If @key{ESC} is pressed
during that time, display the menu and wait for input according to
@samp{GRUB_TIMEOUT}. If a hotkey associated with a menu entry is pressed,
boot the associated menu entry immediately. If the timeout expires before
either of these happens, display the menu for the number of seconds
specified in @samp{GRUB_TIMEOUT} before booting the default entry.
If you set @samp{GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT}, you should also set
@samp{GRUB_TIMEOUT=0} so that the menu is not displayed at all unless
@key{ESC} is pressed.
This option is unset by default, and is deprecated in favour of the less
confusing @samp{GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE=countdown} or
@samp{GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE=hidden}.
@item GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET
In conjunction with @samp{GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT}, set this to @samp{true} to
suppress the verbose countdown while waiting for a key to be pressed before
displaying the menu.
This option is unset by default, and is deprecated in favour of the less
confusing @samp{GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE=countdown}.
@item GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_BUTTON
Variant of @samp{GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT}, used to support vendor-specific power
buttons. @xref{Vendor power-on keys}.
This option is unset by default, and is deprecated in favour of the less
confusing @samp{GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE=countdown} or
@samp{GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE=hidden}.
@end table
For more detailed customisation of @command{grub-mkconfig}'s output, you may
edit the scripts in @file{/etc/grub.d} directly.
@file{/etc/grub.d/40_custom} is particularly useful for adding entire custom