[syslinux] pxelinux and DISPLAY

[Curtis Doty]

I've begun tinkering with syslinux v3 and have uncovered an anomoly with 
the DISPLAY file when called by pxelinux.0.

If I have:

DISPLAY boot.msg

With an "^Xsplash.lss\n" in the file boot.msg (exactly: 18 73 70 6C 61 
73 68 2E 6C 73 73 0A) file, it will fail to load the rle image. And 
produce some goofy results in the tftpd log:

Jun  5 06:27:06 pxe in.tftpd[24649]: RRQ from 10.0.0.16 filename 
/pxe/boot.msg
Jun  5 06:27:06 pxe in.tftpd[24650]: RRQ from 10.0.0.16 filename 
/pxe/splash.lssæÿf\213F

A network trace also concurs:

23:27:06.804006 10.0.0.16.40707 > 10.0.0.2.tftp:  50 RRQ 
"/pxe/splash.lssM-fM-^?fM-^KF"

This does not occur with any v2 pxelinux.0 I've tried. Is there a syntax 
change I've missed or a bug at work here?

../C