[syslinux] [6.01-pre1] [BIOS] config.c32 broken (Was: Syslinux 6.00 released)

[Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi]

On 06/20/2013 11:47 PM, Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi wrote:
> On 06/20/2013 05:01 PM, Matt Fleming wrote:
>> Finally, the Syslinux 6.00 release is out. This release includes support
>> for booting from EFI, both from disk-based media and over the network
>> via PXE. Thanks to everyone who has been testing this out.
>>
>> There are some EFI bugs that I'm aware of,
>>
>>   * booting Linux kernels without CONFIG_RELOCATABLE doesn't work
>>   * 64-bit syslinux.efi cannot boot 32-bit kernels and vice versa
>>   * displaying of Fn files messes up the console
>>
>> Please do test out the release and report any regressions. I'm
>> particularly interested to hear about any problems with the BIOS code,
>> which will be a result of introducing the 'firmware' abstraction that
>> allows the BIOS and EFI backends to coexist.
>>
> 
> Hello,
> 
> First thanks for doing this release finally, congratulations to the
> Syslinux Team :)
> 
> 
> In BIOS mode, looks like there is something wrong with CONFIG directive
> (at least on SYSLINUX and ISOLINUX). After executing it with an existent
> (or non existent) file, system cursor changes the default color from
> white to gray, and nothing more happens. If serial console is enabled,
> nothing more appears here.
> This is always reproducible from a cfg file or directly from boot:
> prompt. No errors messages.
> 
> Tested building from source, but also happens using binaries provided in
> the tarball.
> Running on QEMU 1.4.2/1.5.0 with or without KVM enabled.
> 
> 
> Have a nice day!
> 

Just as remember, looks like was ignored. Adding more info:

Now tested with 6.01-pre1 and also fails. Note that executing it without
any arguments help message is show.

Thanks for your time.


-- 
Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi
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