[syslinux] syslinux build fails with 2.6 linux headers

H. Peter Anvin hpa at zytor.com
Thu Jan 13 22:21:04 PST 2005


Steve Dover wrote:
>>
>> I tried defining __KERNEL__ (a bad idea, I know) which eliminated some of
>> the errors. This seemed to leave another incomplete definition that
>> required inclusion of an arch dependent header. And yes, I would consider
>> this to be a kernel bug, but realistically it needs to be fixed in
>> syslinux (and the kernel where necessary). The world is not going to stay
>> with 2.4 just for the sake of syslinux. I would have hoped that the 
>> kernel
>> maintainers would have made a greater effort to maintain compatibility
>> since syslinux is a required utility for building floppy images in 2.6 
>> but
>> this does not seem to be the case :-(
>>
> Hmmm.  Why is syslinux required to build a 2.6 boot floppy?
> I realize that the kernel image is no longer bootable on x86
> directly, but isn't it still possible to build a floppy
> with a filsys and use lilo or grub to load a 2.6.x kernel from
> the same filesystem?
> 

Sure, but "make zdisk" or whatever it's called uses syslinux.

	-hpa




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