[syslinux] SYSLINUX 3.10-pre15

[Curtis Doty]

H. Peter Anvin wrote:

> Curtis Doty wrote:
>
>> Curtis Doty wrote:
>>
>>> However, LOCALBOOT -1 and LOCALBOOT 0 don't work the same as they 
>>> did for me in 3.07. :-(
>>>
>>> 3.07:
>>> LOCALBOOT -1 apears to work as I have a hard disk listed in bios 
>>> boot order after the net card.
>>> LOCALBOOT 0 also works fine by booting the disk as specified.
>>>
>>> 3.10-pre15:
>>> LOCALBOOT -1 causes the system to reboot.
>>> LOCALBOOT 0 hangs after "Booting from local disk..."
>>>
>>> Also FYI, in the 3.07 tests that *work*, the line immediately 
>>> following "Booting from local disk..." is: "PXE-M0F: Exiting 
>>> Broadcom PXE ROM." Then of course, "GRUB Loading stage2..." :-)
>>
>>
>> I just realized, all my tests above were indeed with a secondary 
>> menu.32 from 3.07. I just tested with 
>> http://www.zytor.com/~hpa/menuhang-test/pxelinux.0 and *both* 
>> LOCALBOOT -1 and 0 hang after "Booting from local disk..."
>
>
> Can you try changing:
>
> %assign USE_PXE_PROVIDED_STACK 0    ; Use stack provided by PXE?
>
> ... on line 55 of pxelinux.asm to a 1 and try rebuilding, to see if 
> that makes any difference?


Just getting to this...but with the latest 3.11-pre6. The problem of 
LOCALBOOT 0 goes away with USE_PXE_PROVIDED_STACK 1. :-) And I've 
confirmed it still hangs with the default value. Hope that helps. For 
now, guess I'll have to keep a patch for this platform.

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