[syslinux] SYSLINUX 3.70-pre1: development release

[H. Peter Anvin]

Jeffrey Hutzelman wrote:
>>>
>> I have only heard of one specific BIOS version of one specific Dell
>> machine.
> 
> Unfortunately, we have a lot of those -- they were the recommended 
> workstation for over a year, and old hardware never seems to go away around 
> here.
> 
>>  I probably could find a workaround for it if I had access to a
>> specimen, but I don't.
> 
> I do, and I could even find some time to track this down, if I thought a 
> workaround was likely.  But I'll have to spend some time (re)reading code 
> before I can even begin to guess.
> 

I asked my Dell contacts if they could help point to anyone at Dell who 
might be able to figure this out, and I sent off an email, hopefully 
they are willing and able to figure something out.

That doesn't necessarily mean the bug is fixable without a firmware change.

	-hpa