[syslinux] [RFC][PATCH] Gfxboot COMBOOT module

[Sebastian Herbszt]

Steffen Winterfeldt wrote:
> On Wed, 26 Nov 2008, Sebastian Herbszt wrote:
> 
>> Looking at bootsplash-theme-SuSE-3.1-176.src.rpm i finally found where this is being used.
>> system.inc got readsector which calls the internal _readsector from bincode.asm. There is a
>> is_dvd function in common.inc which uses readsector to figure out the cd/dvd volume size.
>> And this is used in dia_install.inc to display "DVD" or "CD-ROM". is_dvd seems to use
>> the gfx_media_type value to only call readsector if media type is cdrom. There is also
>> iso.needscheck in common.inc which does use readsector.
>> 
>> Steffen, is it correct to say readsector is not used unless media type is cdrom?
> 
> That's correct.
> 
>> I did not find any partition table parsing code (yet), but i am still
>> trying to figure out the pscode.
> 
> Not in yet.
> 
> In principle I can do the int 13 calls directly in gfxboot but it seemed an
> unnecessary code duplication. Technically no big deal.

Will the partition table parsing code depend on media type "disk" or will it
be unconditional?

- Sebastian