[syslinux] Gfxboot COMBOOT module vs Ubuntu patches

[H. Peter Anvin]

Steffen Winterfeldt wrote:
> 
> This is probably not that dramatic. For one reason or another I'm 
> considering a full C-rewrite right now. That hopefully makes integration easier.
> 

It absolutely would, and is anyway a requirement to support EFI.  I'm 
obviously very happy to hear this :)  I presume you're using the 
existing com32 library?  The API in Syslinux 4 should look very similar 
at the high level, but I suspect we need to add  new API functions to 
the framebuffer driver to support you -- one thing I *know* is going to 
happen already is support for resolutions other than 640x480.  However, 
the overall structure of a 32-bit in-memory framebuffer and a single 
"copy to screen" function which will also do pixel conversions I intend 
to keep.  And of course, you have the JPEG and PNG libraries available 
already.

	-hpa