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* include/grub/util/getroot.h (grub_util_check_block_device): Export new
function.
* util/getroot.c (grub_util_check_block_device): New function that
returns the given argument if it is a block device and returns NULL else.
* util/grub-probe.c (argument_is_device): New variable.
(probe): Promote device_name from a variable to an argument. Receive
device_name from grub_util_check_block_device() if path is NULL and from
grub_guess_root_device() else. Do not free() device_name anymore.
(options): Introduce new parameter '-d, --device'.
(main): Add description of the new parameter to the help screen.
Rename path variable to argument. Set argument_is_device if the '-d'
option is given. Pass argument to probe() depending on
argument_is_device.
This is GRUB 2, the second version of the GRand Unified Bootloader. GRUB 2 is rewritten from scratch to make GNU GRUB cleaner, safer, more robust, more powerful, and more portable. See the file NEWS for a description of recent changes to GRUB 2. See the file INSTALL for instructions on how to build and install the GRUB 2 data and program files. Please visit the official web page of GRUB 2, for more information. The URL is <http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/grub.html>. For now, there is not much documentation yet. Please look at the GRUB Wiki <http://grub.enbug.org> for testing procedures.