[syslinux] [Nasm-devel] NASM 0.99.06 miscompiles SYSLINUX 3.53-pre5

[H. Peter Anvin]

Luciano Rocha wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 15, 2007 at 10:56:04AM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>>  Luciano Rocha wrote:
>>> Yep, it now works correctly.
>>> I only started using the git version of nasm to debug my first report.
>>> Do you wish me to continue testing syslinux + nasm periodically?
>>  Absolutely.  It is highly useful, as we just saw, especially if you have the 
>>  time to git bisect any failures.
>>
>>  Testing is highly appreciated...
> 
> I've created an automated test, that will run daily:
> <http://ftp.gil.di.uminho.pt/pub/users/strange/syslinux/isotest.tar.gz>
> 
> I'll see if I have the time to add syslinux/extlinux fdd/hdd tests, but
> I'm still limited to running it under qemu (or other emulator).
> 

Even that would be a big win.

In general, both NASM and Syslinux really need more regression testing.

	-hpa