[syslinux] Re: PATCH: Fix pxelinux for Promise ATA RAID BIOS

[H. J. Lu]

On Tue, Oct 08, 2002 at 02:32:52PM -0700, H. J. Lu wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 08, 2002 at 11:35:16AM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> > H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> > > H. J. Lu wrote:
> > > 
> > >>Here is the Promise patch I promised :-).
> > >>
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Rejected.  I do NOT consider a BIOS that scribbles on random pieces of
> > > memory to be supportable.
> > > 
> > 
> > After thinking about it a bit, I'll modify that statement slightly: if
> > you'd willing to go through and figure out which exact bits of memory it
> > clobbers, I'll consider seeing if I can add a "Promise braindamage area"
> > to the memory map.
> 
> This is what I got. The problem is the 16byte memory location inside
> then original FKeyName. I moved PartInfo into that 16byte memory
> location. It seems to work fine for me.
> 
> 

It is not enough. Now local boot from pxelinux doesn't work for Promise
BIOS. I guess it is because Promise BIOS is overriden by pxelinux.


H.J.