[syslinux] SYSLINUX 3.11-pre5 -- release candidate -- release on Tuesday

[H. Peter Anvin]

Jim Cromie wrote:
>>
>> turns out is a display problem (pxelinux - I dont use syslinux)
>> - the kernel boot-line sees it (Ive patched my kernel to 511)
>> I suspect this has never worked, as its never been needed with current 
>> kernel limit.
> 
> and heres a fix.  -p0 patch to prevent line-wrap
> Apologies, shoulda all been one email.  { it will probly happen again :-}
> 
> diff -u com32/modules/menu.h~ com32/modules/menu.h
> --- com32/modules/menu.h~       2005-08-25 18:51:49.000000000 -0600
> +++ com32/modules/menu.h        2005-08-26 22:47:01.000000000 -0600
> @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
>   unsigned char hotkey;
> };
> 
> -#define MAX_CMDLINE_LEN         256
> +#define MAX_CMDLINE_LEN         512
> 
> #define MAX_ENTRIES    4096    /* Oughta be enough for anybody */
> extern struct menu_entry menu_entries[];
> 

I think I need to make the menu erase a bit smarter first, though; this 
would slow down serial console a fair bit.

I'm doing some really ugly stuff to try to avoid dependencies on the 
serial console geometry; this makes it work on more terminal emulators 
at the expense of speed.

	-hpa