[syslinux] syslinux 3.11/3.20-pre initrd loading bug
Steffen Winterfeldt
wfeldt at suse.de
Mon Jun 19 07:47:48 PDT 2006
If you load more than one initrd syslinux doesn't clear the memory between
them. Or rather, the code for it does not work. The patch below fixes it.
Steffen
--- loadhigh.inc
+++ loadhigh.inc
@@ -65,7 +65,10 @@
push edi ; <C> Target buffer
mov cx,ax
xor bx,bx ; ES:0
+ push dx
call getfssec ; Load the data into xfer_buf_seg
+ ; getfssec destroys dx!
+ pop dx
pop edi ; <C> Target buffer
pop ecx ; <B> Byte count this round
push ecx ; <B> Byte count this round
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