[syslinux] Including 'detect_cpu' in libcom32.a ?

H. Peter Anvin hpa at zytor.com
Thu Feb 21 14:10:50 PST 2008


H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> William R. Somsky wrote:
>> Okay, if one installs syslinux, the declaration for 'detect_cpu'
>> is in com32/include/cpuid.h, but the actual function code isn't
>> available in libcom32.a.  It's only available as source down in
>> the com32/modules/ directory, and not actually installed anywhere.
>>
>> Shouldn't 'detect_cpu' be included in libcom32.a?
> 
> Probably, yes.
> 

Erwan: I would have to get you to do this, since it would mean changing 
the license (trying to keep libcom32 under the BSD/MIT licenses), and 
you have them under your own copyright (as opposed to mine), which means 
I can't do this change.

	-hpa




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