[syslinux] kbdmap module file format error

[Dag Wieers]

On Thu, 9 Apr 2009, H. Peter Anvin wrote:

> Dag Wieers wrote:
>> On Wed, 8 Apr 2009, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>>> Dag Wieers wrote:
>>>
>>>>  I was excited to find the kbdmap module, but have some problems
>>>> making it
>>>>  work with keyboard mapping files that works fine with syslinux.
>>>>
>>>
>>> It's a bug; I pushed out 3.74-pre21 which fixes the bug.
>>
>> I just tested 3.74-pre21 and discovered that an entry like:
>>
>>   label de
>>     menu label ^German keyboard (de)
>>     kernel kbdmap.c32 maps/de.ktl
>>
>> works from the menu, but not on the commandline. However using the
>> command 'kbdmap' on the commandline it works fine
>>
>> Could this be another bug ?
>
> No, it's a syntax error:
>
> label de
>  menu label ^German keyboard (de)
>  kernel kbdmap.c32
>  append maps/de.ktl
>
> The syntax you're using isn't supported but happens to work by accident
> in the menu system.

Ok, I was using the append syntax first, but when I discovered the other 
syntax did work from the menu I kept on using it for the keyboard. So it 
was confusing to see the difference in behaviour from the commandline vs.
the menu.

Thanks for your help.

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