[syslinux] syslinux-2.11 boot, syslinux-3.20 fail

[H. Peter Anvin]

Gilles Espinasse wrote:
> 
> As a notice, I have two other different machines that are very slow to start
> with syslinux (typically more than 5s between each . during kernel load and
> initrd).
> Both are with K6-2 cpu and a VIA chipset, one is a laptop, one is a desktop.
> I don't know what to investigate with them
> 

The most likely explanation for this is very strange A20 gate behaviour.

	-hpa