[syslinux] SYSLINUX 3.70-pre1: development release

[Jeffrey Hutzelman]

--On Monday, March 03, 2008 06:33:08 PM -0800 "H. Peter Anvin" 
<hpa at zytor.com> wrote:

> 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.

Indeed.  And, if memory serves, they found the issue over a year ago and 
promised it would be fixed in the next BIOS version.  Unfortunately, these 
machines are past EOL, so a new BIOS release is not terribly likely.