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authorGene Cumm <gene.cumm@gmail.com>2013-06-26 12:01:56 -0400
committerGene Cumm <gene.cumm@gmail.com>2013-06-26 12:01:56 -0400
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doc/ & txt/: Document IPAPPEND/SYSAPPEND format
Previously the maximum value was 7 which didn't require differentiation between decimal and hexadecimal.
-rw-r--r--doc/syslinux.txt3
-rw-r--r--txt/syslinux.cfg.txt4
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/syslinux.txt b/doc/syslinux.txt
index a81cc649..43e20777 100644
--- a/doc/syslinux.txt
+++ b/doc/syslinux.txt
@@ -158,7 +158,8 @@ IPAPPEND bitmask
The SYSAPPEND option was introduced in Syslinux 5.10; it is an
enhancement of a previous option IPAPPEND which was only
- available on PXELINUX.
+ available on PXELINUX. bitmask is interpretted as decimal format
+ unless prefixed with "0x" for hexidecimal.
1: indicates that an option of the following format
should be generated and added to the kernel command line:
diff --git a/txt/syslinux.cfg.txt b/txt/syslinux.cfg.txt
index ff5d5337..f9e02b6b 100644
--- a/txt/syslinux.cfg.txt
+++ b/txt/syslinux.cfg.txt
@@ -128,7 +128,9 @@ section can be used to override a global *APPEND*.
(*SYSAPPEND*: 5.10+; *IPAPPEND*: *PXELINUX* only)
The *SYSAPPEND* option was introduced in *Syslinux* 5.10; it is an
enhancement of a previous option *IPAPPEND* which was only available on
-*PXELINUX*. The 'bitmask' is an OR (sum) of the following integer options:
+*PXELINUX*. 'bitmask' is interpretted as decimal format unless prefixed
+with "0x" for hexidecimal. The 'bitmask' is an OR (sum) of the
+following integer options:
ifndef::doctype-manpage[[horizontal]]
*1*::: An option of the following format should be generated, based on