[syslinux] global APPEND vs initrd= override

[Jim Cromie]

folks,

Im finding that using a config like this:

SERIAL 0 19200
#IPAPPEND 2
PROMPT 1
TIMEOUT 100
IMPLICIT 0

APPEND console=ttyS0,19200n81 root=/dev/nfs  
nfsaddrs=10.10.10.100:10.10.10.2:10.10.10.2:255.255.255.0:soekris:eth0  
nfsroot=10.10.10.2:/nfshost/truck panic=15

LABEL deb268
KERNEL vmlinuz-2.6.8-1-386 initrd=initrd.img-2.6.8-1-386 panic=10

LABEL deb268-ram
KERNEL vmlinuz-2.6.8-1-386
APPEND console=ttyS0,19200n81 initrd=initrd.img-2.6.8-1-386 
root=/dev/ram0 
nfsaddrs=10.10.10.100:10.10.10.2:10.10.10.2:255.255.255.0:soekris:eth0  
nfsroot=10.10.10.2:/nfshost/truck panic=10


the first Label fails, the 2nd one works.
In the latter, I can see initrd .............., ie initrd download is 
happening,
in the former it is not.

IOW, the label-specific arguments are lost.  Its not just an initrd= 
find error,
cuz the panic happens in 15 (from global), not 10 (from label).  Its 
also not
due to IPAPPEND, cuz I commented that out as a test.


working:

Kernel command line: console=ttyS0,19200n81 
initrd=initrd.img-2.6.8-1-386 root=/dev/ram0 
nfsaddrs=10.10.10.100:10.10.10.2:10.10.10.2:255.255.255.0:soekris:eth0 
nfsroot=10.10.10.2:/nfshost/truck panic=10 
BOOT_IMAGE=vmlinuz-2.6.8-1-386 BOOTIF=01-00-00-24-c2-46-c8

failing - no initrd download

Kernel command line: console=ttyS0,19200n81 root=/dev/nfs 
nfsaddrs=10.10.10.100:10.10.10.2:10.10.10.2:255.255.255.0:soekris:eth0 
nfsroot=10.10.10.2:/nfshost/truck panic=15 
BOOT_IMAGE=vmlinuz-2.6.8-1-386 BOOTIF=01-00-00-24-c2-46-c8

Im not much of an assembler, im afraid..

I hope this is a- easy to fix, b- my mistake.
Its obviously easy to work around.


OT - is there a 'standard' way of providing options to /linuxrc in an 
initrd file ?
Forex: /linuxrc INITRD_OPTS=foobar

tia